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The Notorious Sir John Hill

Author : George Sebastian Rousseau

Publisher : Lexington Books

Page : 425 pages

File Size : 17,89 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1611461200

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Book Description

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.



Sir Robert Walpole

Author : Brian W. Hill

Publisher : Hamish Hamilton

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 34,30 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN :

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"Sir Robert Walpole's ministry (1721-1742) was the longest since the Revolution of 1688. Though he is often called 'the first Prime Minister' Walpole was, Brian Hill suggests, both less and more than his modern counterparts. Less because the term itself was not generally accepted, least of all by Walpole himself, more because he was in practice more powerful than most of his successors"--Jacket, p. [2].