The notorious Sir John Hill : the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity /
Rousseau, G. S.(George Sebastian)
Bethlehem, Pa. : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
c2012.
"Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. "--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-380) and index.
The mountebank's road out -- Amidst the trees in Sussex -- Apothecary Hill, almost FRS -- Deranged by disappointment -- Three strikes in revenge -- Man of letters -- Puffing "Inspector Hill" -- The "lion" at the Bedford -- Riot in Ranelagh -- Hill and the "fame machine" -- Canning and marriage -- Philosophy and botany -- Botany and Bute -- Hill and Linnaeus -- The theatre too -- Annus mirabilis 1758-59 -- The final blow -- Knighthood and death -- Lady Hill persists -- Forgotten Hill -- Afterword: on the trail of John Hill.
Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
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Authors, English
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