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Edinburgh Cabinet Library
The ''Edinburgh Cabinet Library'' was a series of 38 books, mostly geographical, published from 1830 to 1844, and edited by Dionysius Lardner. The original price was 5 shillings for a volume; a later reissue of 30 of the volumes was at half that price. The publishers were Oliver and Boyd in Edinburgh, and Simpkin & Marshall Simpkin & Marshall was a British bookseller, book wholesaler and book publisher. The firm was founded in 1819 and traded until the 1940s. For many decades the firm was Britain's largest book wholesalerChester W, Topp, ''Victorian Yellowbacks & Pap ... in London. Notes {{Authority control Lists of books 1830s books 1840s books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Animals Polar Regions
The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia (Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), Sweden and the United States (Alaska). Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost (permanently frozen underground ice) containing tundra. Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places. The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic. Definition and etymology The word Arctic comes from the Greek word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Crichton
Andrew Crichton (1790–1855) was a Scottish biographer and historian. Crichton, youngest son of a small landed proprietor, was born in the parish of Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire, December 1790, and educated at Dumfries Academy and at the university of Edinburgh. After becoming a licensed preacher he was for some time engaged in teaching in Edinburgh and North Berwick. In 1823 he published his first work, the ''Life of the Rev. John Blackadder'', which was followed by the ''Life of Colonel J. Blackadder'', 1824, and ''Memoirs of the Rev. Thomas Scott'', 1825. To ''Constable's Miscellany'' he contributed five volumes, viz. ''Converts from Infidelity'', 2 vols. 1827, and a translation of Christoph Wilhelm von Koch's ''Revolutions in Europe'', 3 vols. 1828. In the ''Edinburgh Cabinet Library'' he wrote the ''History of Arabia'', 2 vols. 1833, and ''Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern'' (written with Henry Wheaton), 2 vols. 1838. He commenced his connection with the newspaper press in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Books
This is a list of book lists (bibliographies) on Wikipedia, organized by various criteria. General lists * List of 18th-century British children's literature titles * List of 19th-century British children's literature titles * List of American children's books * List of Australian crime-related books and media * List of anonymously published works * List of autobiographies * Lists of banned books * List of books written by children or teenagers * List of book titles taken from literature * List of books by year of publication * List of children's books made into feature films * List of Christian novels * List of comic books * Lists of dictionaries * Lists of encyclopedias * List of fantasy novels * List of gay male teen novels * List of historical novels * List of Hollywood novels * List of light novels * List of novels based on comics * List of poetry collections * List of science fiction novels * List of unpublished books by notable authors Selective lists * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Spalding (writer)
William Spalding (22 May 1809 – 16 November 1859) was a Scottish writer and academic. For the last twenty years of his life he served as professor of rhetoric and logic, in addition to authoring essays, reviews and historical texts. Life Born in Aberdeen, to advocate James Spalding and his wife, Frances Read, young William was educated in the city's grammar school and at Marischal College. Moving to Edinburgh in 1830, he read law and was called to the bar in 1833. In that year he published a ''Letter on Shakespeare's Authorship of the Two Noble Kinsmen'' (reprinted for the New Shakspere Society in 1876, seventeen years after his death), which attracted the notice of leading literary critic Francis Jeffrey, who invited Spalding to contribute to the '' Edinburgh Review''. Having devoted much time to studying Shakespeare and other Elizabethan dramatists, he continued to write on these topics for the ''Review''. His other writings included contributions to ''Blackwood's Magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nicol (geologist)
James Nicol FRSE FGS (12 August 1810 – 8 April 1879) was a Scottish geologist. Life He was born at Traquair, near Innerleithen in Peeblesshire, the son of Rev. James Nicol (1769–1819), and his wife Agnes Walker. He studied Arts and Divinity at Edinburgh University from 1825. He also attended the lectures of Robert Jameson, having gained a keen interest in geology and mineralogy. He further pursued these studies in the universities of Bonn and Berlin. After returning home Nicol worked at local geology and obtained prizes from the Highland Society for essays on the geology of Peeblesshire and Roxburghshire, now areas of the Scottish Borders. He subsequently extended his researches over other parts of Scotland, and in 1844 published ''Guide to the Geology of Scotland''. In 1847 Nicol was appointed assistant secretary to the Geological Society of London, being appointed a Fellow of the Society in the same year. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kaye Greville
Dr. Robert Kaye Greville FRSE FLS LLD (13 December 1794 – 4 June 1866) was an England, English mycologist, bryology, bryologist, and botanist. He was an accomplished artist and illustrator of natural history. In addition to art and science he was interested in causes like Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, abolitionism, capital punishment, keeping Sunday special and the temperance movement. He has a mountain in Queensland named after him. Biography Greville was born at Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Durham, but was brought up in Derbyshire by his parents Dorothy ( Chaloner) and Robert Greville. His father who liked to compose was the rector of St James' Church, Edlaston, the parish church in Edlaston in Derbyshire. Greville had an interest in natural history since he was very young, but he originally studied medicine. Realising that he did not need an income he discarded four years of medical education in London and Edinburgh and decided to concentrated on botany which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Wheaton
Henry Wheaton (November 27, 1785 – March 11, 1848) was a United States lawyer, jurist and diplomat. He was the third Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, reporter of decisions for the United States Supreme Court, the first U.S. minister to Denmark, and the second U.S. minister to Prussia. Biography He was born at Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University (then called Rhode Island College) in 1802, was admitted to the bar in 1805, and, after two years' study abroad in Poictiers, Poitiers and London, practiced law at Providence (1807-1812) and at New York City (1812-1827). From 1812 to 1815, he edited ''National Advocate'', the organ of the administration party. There he published notable articles on the question of neutral rights in connection with the then-existing war with England. On 26 October 1814, he became division judge advocate of the United States Army, army. He was a justice of the Marine Court of New York City from 1815 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Thomas Burnett
Gilbert Thomas Burnett (15 April 1800 – 27 July 1835) was a British botanist. Burnett was the first professor of botany at King's College London, from 1831 to 1835. He was the author of ''Outlines of Botany'' (1835), and ''Illustrations of Useful Plants employed in the Arts and Medicine'', published posthumously and illustrated by his sister Mary Ann Burnett. Burnett also wrote articles on zoology, such as ''Illustrations of the Manupeda or apes and their allies'' (1828). Publications * ''Outlines of Botany''. 1835 * Plantæ utiliores : or Illustrations of Useful Plants employed in the Arts & Medicine' * ''Illustrations of the Manupeda or apes and their allies''. 1828 ;An Encyclopædia of Useful and Ornamental Plants : References Burnett, Gilbert Thomas (1800–1835), surgeon and botanistby A. M. Lucas in Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wallace (mathematician)
William Wallace LLD (23 September 176828 April 1843) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer who invented the eidograph (an improved pantograph). Life Wallace was born at Dysart, Fife, Dysart in Fife, the son of Alexander Wallace, a leather manufacturer, and his wife, Janet Simson. He received his school education in Dysart and Kirkcaldy. In 1784 his family moved to Edinburgh, where he himself was set to learn the trade of a bookbinder. In 1790 he appears as "William Wallace, bookbinder" living and trading at Cowgatehead, at the east end of the Grassmarket. His taste for mathematics had already developed itself, and he made such use of his leisure hours that before the completion of his apprenticeship he had made considerable acquirements in geometry, algebra and astronomy. He was further assisted in his studies by John Robison (physicist), John Robison (1739–1805) and John Playfair, to whom his abilities had become known. After various changes of situation, dictated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lynn
Thomas Lynn (1774–1847) was an English naval officer and writer on astronomy. Life He was born 2 January 1774 at Woodbridge, Suffolk, where his father was a medical practitioner. At the age of 11 he entered the naval service of the East India Company. On leaving it with the rank of commander many years later, he was appointed examiner in nautical astronomy to the company's officers. He kept a naval academy at 148 Leadenhall Street, London, and died at Dover on 2 May 1847, aged 73. Works Lynn wrote: * ''An Improved System of Telegraphic Communication'', London, 1814; 2nd edit. 1818. * ''Solar Tables'', 1821. * ''Star Tables'' for 1822, etc. * ''Astronomical and other Tables'', 1824. * ''A New Method of finding the Longitude'', two editions, 1826. * ''Horary Tables for finding the Time by Inspection'', 1827; 2nd edit. 1828. * ''Practical Methods for finding the Latitude'', 1833. * ''New Star Tables'', 1843. A chapter by him on the navigation of the China seas formed par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crawfurd
John Crawfurd (13 August 1783 – 11 May 1868) was a Scottish physician, colonial administrator, diplomat, and author who served as the second and last Resident of Singapore. Early life He was born on Islay, in Argyll, Scotland, the son of Samuel Crawfurd, a physician, and Margaret Campbell; and was educated at the school in Bowmore. He followed his father's footsteps in the study of medicine and completed his medical course at the University of Edinburgh in 1803, at the age of 20. Crawfurd joined the East India Company, as a Company surgeon, and was posted to India's Northwestern Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), working in the area around Delhi and Agra from 1803–1808. He saw service in the campaigns of Baron Lake. In the East Indies Crawfurd was sent in 1808 to Penang, where he applied himself to the study of the Malay language and culture. In Penang, he met Stamford Raffles for the first time. In 1811, Crawfurd accompanied Raffles on Lord Minto's Java Invasion, which o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baillie Fraser
James Baillie Fraser (11 June 1783 – 23 January 1856) was a Scottish travel writer, and artist who illustrated and wrote about Asia Minor and India. Some of his watercolours made in the picturesque style represent early views of India and Persia. He was a brother of William Fraser. William DalrympleThe forgotten masterpieces of Indian art Spectator UK, 18 December 2019. Early life James was born at Reelig in the county of Inverness. He was the eldest of five sons of Edward Satchel Fraser (1751–1835) and his wife Jane. He grew up on the family estate and studied under a tutor in Edinburgh. He lived from 1799 to 1811 in Guiana to oversee the sugar plantations that they owned in Berbice. He returned from the West Indies in 1806 due to ill health. All of his brothers travelled in the East and had successful careers. India James' father had mortgaged the family estate to buy the sugar plantation in the West Indies. When sugar prices collapsed due to overproduction, they mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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