The Notorious Sir John Hill
The Notorious Sir John Hill

Author: George Rousseau

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2012-05-10

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1611461219

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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.

A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, of the Different Parts of the World; with Their Virtues and Uses, as Far as Hitherto Certainly Known, in Medicine and Mechanics: Illustrated by a General Review of the Knowledge of the Ancients, and the Discoveries and Improvements of Later Ages in These Studies. Including the History of the Materia Medica, Pictoria, and Tinctoria of the Present and Earlier Ages ....
A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, of the Different Parts of the World; with Their Virtues and Uses, as Far as Hitherto Certainly Known, in Medicine and Mechanics: Illustrated by a General Review of the Knowledge of the Ancients, and the Discoveries and Improvements of Later Ages in These Studies. Including the History of the Materia Medica, Pictoria, and Tinctoria of the Present and Earlier Ages ....

Author: John Hill (British apothecary and naturalist; author of many compilations dealing with horticulture, botany or medicine)

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Published: 1751

Total Pages: 724

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