Martin Folkes 1690 1754

Author : Anna Marie Roos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192565655

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Martin Folkes (1690-1754) by Anna Marie Roos Pdf

Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Sir Isaac Newton's protégé, astronomer, mathematician, freemason, art connoisseur, Voltaire's friend and Hogarth's patron, his was an intellectually vibrant world. Folkes was possibly the best-connected natural philosopher and antiquary of his age, an epitome of Enlightenment sociability, and yet he was a surprisingly neglected figure, the long shadow of Newton eclipsing his brilliant disciple. A complex figure, Folkes edited Newton's posthumous works in biblical chronology, yet was a religious skeptic and one of the first members of the gentry to marry an actress. His interests were multidisciplinary, from his authorship of the first complete history of the English coinage, to works concerning ancient architecture, statistical probability, and astronomy. Rich archival material, including Folkes's travel diary, correspondence, and his library and art collections permit reconstruction through Folkes's eyes of what it was like to be a collector and patron, a Masonic freethinker, and antiquarian and virtuoso in the days before 'science' became sub-specialised. Folkes's virtuosic sensibility and possible role in the unification of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society tells against the historiographical assumption that this was the age in which the 'two cultures' of the humanities and sciences split apart, never to be reunited. In Georgian England, antiquarianism and 'science' were considered largely part of the same endeavour.

Author : John Turberville 1713-1781 Needham,Folkes Martin 1690-1754
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0343350785

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Observations Upon The Generation, Composition, And Decomposition Of Animal And Vegetable Substances by John Turberville 1713-1781 Needham,Folkes Martin 1690-1754 Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William Younger Fletcher
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547222705

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English Book Collectors by William Younger Fletcher Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "English Book Collectors" by William Younger Fletcher. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Alfred W. Pollard
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465543028

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English Book Collectors by Alfred W. Pollard Pdf

Author : Mordechai Feingold
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 9780192867445

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History of Universities by Mordechai Feingold Pdf

This special edition of History of Universities, Volume XXXV/1, studies and reappraises the often ignored history of eighteenth-century Oxford, caught as it is between the upheavals of the Stuart century and the reformation of the Victorian era.

Author : Sir Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015011403402

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Dictionary of National Biography by Sir Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee Pdf

Author : Edward Lye,Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Publisher : PIMS
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0888449062

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The Correspondence of Edward Lye by Edward Lye,Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Pdf

"Edward Lye (1694-1767) was an important contributor to the advancement of our understanding of the structure of the English language, its vocabulary, and its literature. Compared with the work of more celebrated pre-nineteenth-century Anglo-Saxonists and antiquaries, Lye's was a scholarly output of less original talent and reach (the role he gave himself was 'to remove the rubbish out of the way, as an underworkman'), but in the course of editing, improving, and publishing the hitherto unpublished work of others he made genuine advances in scholarship, particularly in the areas of English lexicography and Gothic studies. The Lye correspondence - in the main a collection of scholarly letters that are also sometimes the personal communications of friends - indicates how varied his interests were, how widely he read, and how frequently he discussed texts, elucidated cruces, and established correct textual readings, often for the first time." "This edition presents the 193 letters known to have passed between Edward Lye and forty-five correspondents between 1729 and Lye's death in 1767. English translations are provided for letters written in Latin, Greek, and Swedish, as well as for words and passages in other languages (e.g. Old English, Gothic, Hebrew) discussed in the correspondence. The introduction provides a biography of Lye and a detailed examination of his major scholarly accomplishments: the edition of Franciscus Junius's Etymologicum Anglicanum, published in 1743 with extensive improvements and additions by Lye; the publication in 1750 of Eric Benzelius's edition and Latin translation of the Gothic Gospels (Sacrorum evangeliorum versio Gothica), together with Lye's own contribution of corrections and notes, preface, and a Gothic grammar; the Dictionarium Saxonico- et Gothico-Latinum, completed posthumously by Owen Manning and published in 1772; and an unfinished translation into Latin of the Old English poems of the Caedmon Manuscript (Oxford, Bodl. MS. Junius 11)." "Supporting materials, including biographical records and documents relevant to the edited letters and Lye's publications, are presented in several appendices; there are also biographical notes on Lye's correspondents and a bibliography of manuscripts and printed works. This book will be of value to all those interested in Germanic philology, the history of Old English and Gothic scholarship, and the work of the sixteenth- to eighteenth-century antiquaries in England and northern Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Ric Berman MA
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781802072310

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The Foundations of Modern Freemasonry by Ric Berman MA Pdf

Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of its connections to the scientific Enlightenment, 'Free and Accepted' Masonry became part of Britain's national profile and the largest and most influential of Britain's extensive clubs and societies. The organisation did not evolve naturally from the mediaeval guilds and religious orders that pre-dated it but was reconfigured radically by a largely self-appointed inner core at London's most influential lodge, the Horn Tavern. Freemasonry became a vehicle for the expression of their philosophical and political views, and the 'Craft' attracted an aspirational membership across the upper middling and gentry. Through an examination of previously unexplored primary documentation, Foundations contributes to an understanding of contemporary English political and social culture and explores how Freemasonry became a mechanism that promoted the interests of the Hanoverian establishment and connected the metropolitan and provincial elites. The book explores social networks centred on the aristocracy, parliament, the learned and professional societies, and the magistracy, and provides pen portraits of the key individuals who spread the Masonic message. Foundations and Schism (Sussex Academic, 2013), have been described as 'the most important books on English Freemasonry published in recent times', providing 'a precise, social context for the invention of English Freemasonry'. Berman's analysis throws a new and original light on the formation and development of what rapidly became a national and international phenomenon.

Author : Jennifer Montagu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691252797

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Gold, Silver, and Bronze by Jennifer Montagu Pdf

An in-depth look at the exquisite metal sculpture of the Roman baroque Roman baroque sculpture is usually thought of in terms of large-scale statues in marble and bronze, tombs, or portrait busts. Smaller bronze statuettes are often overlooked, and the extensive production of sculptural silver—much of which is now lost but can be studied from drawings—is frequently omitted from the histories of art. In this book, Jennifer Montagu enriches our understanding of the sculpture of the period by investigating the bronzes that adorn the great tabernacles of Roman churches; gilded silver, both secular and ecclesiastical; elaborately embossed display dishes; and the production of medals. Concentrating on selected pieces by such master sculptors as Bernini and leading metal-workers such as Giovanni Giardini, Montagu examines the often tortuous relationship between patrons and artists and elucidates the relationship between those who provided the drawings or models and the craftsmen who executed the finished sculptures.

Author : Leslie Stephen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118445050

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Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen Pdf

Author : Maria Elice de Brzezinski Prestes,Cibelle Celestino Silva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319740362

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Teaching Science with Context by Maria Elice de Brzezinski Prestes,Cibelle Celestino Silva Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive overview of research at interface between History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science (HPSS) and Science Teaching in Ibero-America. It contributes to research on contextualization of science for students, teachers and researchers, and explains how to use different episodes of history of science or different themes of philosophy of science in regular science classes through diverse pedagogical approaches. The chapters in this book discuss a wide range of topics under different methodological, epistemological and didactic approaches, reflecting the richness of research developed in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, Latin America, Spain and Portugal. The book contains chapters about historical events, topics of philosophy and sociology of science, nature of science, applications of HPSS in the classroom, instructional materials for students and teacher training courses and curriculum.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCD:31175024106836

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Notes and Queries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elly Dekker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199609697

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Illustrating the Phaenomena by Elly Dekker Pdf

In this volume all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed. It also discusses the astronomical sources involved in making these artefacts in antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Islamic world and the European Renaissance before 1500.

Author : Nigel Aston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198872887

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Enlightened Oxford by Nigel Aston Pdf

Enlightened Oxford aims to discern, establish, and clarify the multiplicity of connections between the University of Oxford, its members, and the world outside; to offer readers a fresh, contextualised sense of the University's role in the state, in society, and in relation to other institutions between the Williamite Revolution and the first decade of the nineteenth century, the era loosely describable (though not without much qualification) as England's ancien regime. Nigel Aston asks where Oxford fitted in to the broader social and cultural picture of the time, locating the University's importance in Church and state, and pondering its place as an institution that upheld religious entitlement in an ever-shifting intellectual world where national and confessional boundaries were under scrutiny. Enlightened Oxford is less an inside history than a consideration of an institutional presence and its place in the life of the country and further afield. While admitting the degree of corporate inertia to be found in the University, there was internal scope for members so inclined to be creative in their teaching, open new research lines, and be unapologetic Whigs rather than unrepentant Tories. For if Oxford was a seat of learning rooted in its past - and with an increasing antiquarian awareness of its inheritance - yet it had a surprising capacity for adaptation, a scope for intellectual and political pluralism that was not incompatible with enlightened values.

Author : Robert Peter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317275305

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British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 Volume 1 by Robert Peter Pdf

Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment. It was to have an international influence across the globe. This primary resource collection charts a key period in the development of organized Freemasonry culminating in the formation of a single United Grand Lodge of England. The secrecy that has surrounded Freemasonry has made it difficult to access information and documents about the organization and its adherents in the past. This collection is the result of extensive archival research and transcription and highlights the most significant themes associated with Freemasonry. The documents are drawn from masonic collections, private archives and libraries worldwide. The majority of these texts have never before been republished. Documents include rituals (some written in code), funeral services, sermons, songs, certificates, an engraved list of lodges, letters, pamphlets, theatrical prologues and epilogues, and articles from newspapers and periodicals. This collection will enable researchers to identify many key masons for the first time. It will be of interest to students of Freemasonry, the Enlightenment and researchers in eighteenth-century studies.