The Notorious Sir John Hill: The Man Destroyed by Ambition in the Era of Celebrity - Hardcover

Rousseau, George

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ISBN 10: 1611461200 ISBN 13: 9781611461206

Verlag: Lehigh University Press, 2012

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Rousseau's study of Sir John Hill is a once-in-a-lifetime treasure; beautifully told, splendidly illustrated, and painstakingly researched. John Hill comes alive in Rousseau's hands. Every page is invigorated with the kind of richness and depth only a true scholar musters. One of the true pleasures of the book is our ability to join Rousseau on the quest to find the answer to the question that began as 'Who was Sir John Hill?' -- Beverly Schneller, Associate Provost, Academic Affairs, The University of Baltimore

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The first biography of one of Georgian England's most notorious figures, who thrived on scandal, fracas, and the cultivation of notoriety. Despite this he managed to make contributions to diverse fields, including botany, geology, literature, medicine and the professionalization of science, whose value has stood the test of time. Hill appears here in the company of other illuminati such as Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith, Christopher Smart, Linnaeus, Haller and the Fellows of the Royal Society.

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• Verlag: Lehigh University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1611461200
• ISBN 13: 9781611461206
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 424