A general account of the Hunterian museum, Glasgow

A general account of the Hunterian museum, Glasgow
Title A general account of the Hunterian museum, Glasgow PDF eBook
Author John C. Laskey
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Pages 146
Release 1813
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William Hunter's World

William Hunter's World
Title William Hunter's World PDF eBook
Author Nick Pearce
Publisher Routledge
Pages 425
Release 2017-07-05
Genre Art
ISBN 1351536923

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Despite William Hunter's stature as one of the most important collectors and men of science of the eighteenth century, and the fact that his collection is the foundation of Scotland's oldest public museum, The Hunterian, until now there has been no comprehensive examination in a single volume of all his collections in their diversity. This volume restores Hunter to a rightful position of prominence among the medical men whose research and amassing of specimens transformed our understanding of the natural world and man's position within it. This volume comprises essays by international specialists and are as diverse as Hunter's collections themselves, dealing as they do with material that ranges from medical and scientific specimens, to painting, prints, books and manuscripts. The first sections focus upon Hunter's own collection and his response to it, while the final section contextualises Hunter within the wider sphere. A special feature of the volume is the inclusion of references to the Hunterian's web pages and on-line databases. These enable searches for items from Hunter's collections, both from his museum and library. Locating Hunter's collecting within the broader context of his age and environment, this book provides an original approach to a man and collection whose importance has yet to be comprehensively assessed.

William Hunter and his Eighteenth-Century Cultural Worlds

William Hunter and his Eighteenth-Century Cultural Worlds
Title William Hunter and his Eighteenth-Century Cultural Worlds PDF eBook
Author Helen McCormack
Publisher Routledge
Pages 401
Release 2017-10-12
Genre Art
ISBN 1134767153

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The eminent physician and anatomist Dr William Hunter (1718-1783) made an important and significant contribution to the history of collecting and the promotion of the fine arts in Britain in the eighteenth century. Born at the family home in East Calderwood, he matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1731 and was greatly influenced by some of the most important philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment, including Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746). He quickly abandoned his studies in theology for Medicine and, in 1740, left Scotland for London where he steadily acquired a reputation as an energetic and astute practitioner; he combined his working life as an anatomist successfully with a wide range of interests in natural history, including mineralogy, conchology, botany and ornithology; and in antiquities, books, medals and artefacts; in the fine arts, he worked with artists and dealers and came to own a number of beautiful oil paintings and volumes of extremely fine prints. He built an impressive school of anatomy and a museum which housed these substantial and important collections. William Hunter’s life and work is the subject of this book, a cultural-anthropological account of his influence and legacy as an anatomist, physician, collector, teacher and demonstrator. Combining Hunter’s lectures to students of anatomy with his teaching at the St Martin’s Lane Academy, his patronage of artists, such as Robert Edge Pine, George Stubbs and Johan Zoffany, and his associations with artists at the Royal Academy of Arts, the book positions Hunter at the very centre of artistic, scientific and cultural life in London during the period, presenting a sustained and critical account of the relationship between anatomy and artists over the course of the long eighteenth century.

A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation

A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation
Title A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation PDF eBook
Author Thomas Chalmers
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Pages 282
Release 1818
Genre Astronomy
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A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern Astronomy

A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern Astronomy
Title A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern Astronomy PDF eBook
Author Thomas Chalmers
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Pages 300
Release 1817
Genre Astronomy
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Institutions of Literature, 1700–1900

Institutions of Literature, 1700–1900
Title Institutions of Literature, 1700–1900 PDF eBook
Author Jon Mee
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 319
Release 2022-07-21
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 110883020X

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This lively collection makes a compelling case for the importance of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature.

Bibliotheca Osleriana

Bibliotheca Osleriana
Title Bibliotheca Osleriana PDF eBook
Author Sir William Osler
Publisher McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Pages 836
Release 1969
Genre Reference
ISBN 0773590501

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During his tenure as the Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford from 1905-1919, Sir William Osler amassed a considerable library on the history of medicine and science. A Canadian native, Osler had studied at McGill University and decided to leave his collection of 7,600 items to its Faculty of Medicine. A catalogue, the Bibliotheca Osleriana, was compiled - a labour of love that took ten years to complete and involved W.W. Francis, R.H. Hill, and Archibald Malloch. Osler himself laid down the broad outlines of the catalogue and wrote many of the annotations.