Letter From Sir John Franklin To James David Forbes

Author : John Campbell Shairp
Publisher : London : Macmillan and Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Life and Letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S., D.C.L., LL. D., Late Principal of the United College in the University of St. Andrews ... written by John Campbell Shairp and published by London : Macmillan and Company. This book was released on 1873 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1873, this co-authored biography of the Scottish physicist, Alpine explorer, and university leader James David Forbes (1809-1868) includes extracts from Forbes' letters. John Campbell Shairp, Forbes' successor as principal of the United College of the University of St Andrews, writes of Forbes' personal, family, and professional life, including his years at St Andrews. Forbes' student and his successor in the Natural Philosophy chair at the University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait, himself an accomplished mathematical physicist who co-wrote, with Lord Kelvin, Treatise on Natural Philosophy (1867), discusses Forbes' scientific achievements and contributions. A. Adams-Reilly, a celebrated Irish mountaineer, cartographer, and friend of Forbes, writes of the latter's Alpine travels and his work and interest in glaciers. In Shairp's words, in addition to all of his academic accomplishments, Forbes was also Britain's 'father of Alpine adventure'.