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Book Synopsis The Lost World of James Smithson by : Heather Ewing
Download or read book The Lost World of James Smithson written by Heather Ewing and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1836 the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gift - a bequest of 104,960 gold sovereigns (then worth half a million dollars) to establish a foundation in Washington 'for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men'. The Smithsonian Institution, as it would eventually be called, grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet it owes its existence to an Englishman who never set foot in the United States, and who has remained a shadowy figure for more than a hundred and fifty years. Smithson lived a restless life in the capitals of Europe during the turbulent years of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; at one time he was trailed by the French secret police, and later languished as a prisoner of war in Denmark for four long years. Yet despite a certain a penchant for gambling and fine living, he had, by the time of his death in Paris in 1829, amassed a financial fortune and a wealth of scientific papers that he left to the new democracy America. Spurned by his natural father and his country, he would be acknowledged for his own achievements in the New World. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters from archives all over Europe and the United States, Heather Ewing tells the full and compelling story for the first time, revealing a life lived at the heart of the English Enlightenment and illuminating the mind that sparked the creation of America's greatest museum.
Book Synopsis Hungerford Heraldry by : Lesley Abrahams
Download or read book Hungerford Heraldry written by Lesley Abrahams and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heraldry for Hungerford family from 1330 to 1715, including inheritance charts
Book Synopsis Families Directly Descended from All the Royal Families in Europe (495 to 1932) and Mayflower Descendants bound with Supplement by : Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford
Download or read book Families Directly Descended from All the Royal Families in Europe (495 to 1932) and Mayflower Descendants bound with Supplement written by Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first basic tool in English to trace the origins of Chinese surnames. At the heart of the work are three principal chapters. Chapter 1 describes the history of Chinese surnames, the research on Chinese surnames in literature, and reasons surnames have changed in Chinese history. Chapter 2, by far the largest of the chapters, delivers a genealogical analysis of more than 600 Chinese surnames. Chapter 3 consists of an annotated bibliography of Chinese and English language sources on Chinese surnames. The work concludes with separate indexes to family names, authors, titles, and Chinese-character stroke numbers (one mechanism used for grouping Chinese characters).
Book Synopsis New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial by : William Richard Cutter
Download or read book New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial written by William Richard Cutter and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ancestral Stories and Traditions of Great Families Illustrative of English History by : John Timbs
Download or read book Ancestral Stories and Traditions of Great Families Illustrative of English History written by John Timbs and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Summary of the Families Hungerford by : Stanley W. Hungerford
Download or read book A Summary of the Families Hungerford written by Stanley W. Hungerford and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Volume 3, Southern England by : Anthony Emery
Download or read book Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Volume 3, Southern England written by Anthony Emery and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume of Anthony Emery's magisterial survey, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500, first published in 2006. Across the three volumes Emery has examined afresh and re-assessed over 750 houses, the first comprehensive review of the subject for 150 years. Covered are the full range of leading homes, from royal and episcopal palaces to manor houses, as well as community buildings such as academic colleges, monastic granges and secular colleges of canons. This volume surveys Southern England and is divided into three regions, each of which includes a separate historical and architectural introduction as well as thematic essays prompted by key buildings. The text is complemented throughout by a wide range of plans and diagrams and a wealth of photographs showing the present condition of almost every house discussed. This is an essential source for anyone interested in the history, architecture and culture of medieval England and Wales.
Book Synopsis Good Health in the 21st Century by : Carole Hungerford
Download or read book Good Health in the 21st Century written by Carole Hungerford and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2006-05-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western nations are worried about the problems of an ageing population. But if we take into account the health trends in younger generations, we arrive at a frightening prediction: for the first time in history, we have produced a generation that may not outlive its parents. Like a growing number of doctors throughout the developed world, general practitioner Carole Hungerford became concerned about these trends, and began to question a health industry based on a model of ‘curing disease’. The result is Good Health in the 21st Century, an encyclopaedic health guide that provides an extraordinary amount of easily understood information and a radically different way of maintaining well-being. Rejecting the routine cocktails of medication, with their complicated interactions and side effects, Dr Hungerford shows how to provide a chance for minerals, vitamins, and essential fatty acids to do their health-giving work. The subjects covered in Good Health in the 21st Century include asthma, arthritis, cancer, obesity, and cardiovascular disease; mental health and neurological disorders; hormone-replacement therapy and vaccination; and macronutrients and minerals, vitamins, and essential fatty acids. This monumental work will be used by parents, patients, and doctors for years to come.
Book Synopsis History of New London, Connecticut by : Frances Manwaring Caulkins
Download or read book History of New London, Connecticut written by Frances Manwaring Caulkins and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review by :
Download or read book Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... by :
Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 by :
Download or read book Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 written by and published by Douglas Richardson. This book was released on with total page 2635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer by : Edward Cave
Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer written by Edward Cave and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Old and New London: Westminster and the western suburbs by : Walter Thornbury
Download or read book Old and New London: Westminster and the western suburbs written by Walter Thornbury and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum by : Nina Burleigh
Download or read book The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum written by Nina Burleigh and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her illuminating and dramatic biography The Stranger and the Statesman, New York Times bestselling author Nina Burleigh reveals a little-known slice of history in the life and times of the man responsible for the creation of the United States' principal cultural institution, the Smithsonian. It was one of the nineteenth century's greatest philanthropic gifts - and one of its most puzzling mysteries. In 1829, a wealthy English naturalist named James Smithson left his library, mineral collection, and entire fortune to the "United States of America, to found... an establishment for the increase & diffusion of Knowledge among men" - even though he had never visited the United States or known any Americans. In this fascinating book, Burleigh pieces together the reclusive benefactor's life, beginning with his origins as the Paris-born illegitimate son of the first Duke of Northumberland and a wild adventuress who preserved for her son a fortune through gall and determination. The book follows Smithson through his university years and his passionate study of minerals across Europe during the chaos of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Detailed are his imprisonment - simply for being an Englishman in the wrong place - his experiences in the gambling dens of France, and his lonely and painstaking scientific pursuits. After Smithson's death, nineteenth-century American politicians were given the task of securing his half-million dollars - the equivalent today of $50 million - and then trying to determine how to increase and diffuse knowledge from the muddy, brawling new city of Washington. Burleigh discloses how Smithson's bequest was nearly lost due to fierce battles among many clashing Americans - Southern slavers, states' rights advocates, nation-builders, corrupt frontiersmen, and Anglophobes who argued over whether a gift from an Englishman should even be accepted. She also reveals the efforts of the unsung heroes, mainly former president John Quincy Adams, whose tireless efforts finally saw Smithson's curious notion realized in 1846, with a castle housing the United States' first and greatest cultural and scientific establishment.
Book Synopsis The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine by : Edward Hungerford Goddard
Download or read book The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine written by Edward Hungerford Goddard and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.
Book Synopsis Life of Colonel Daniel E. Hungerford by : Ignatius Ingoldsby Murphy
Download or read book Life of Colonel Daniel E. Hungerford written by Ignatius Ingoldsby Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
