Modern Methuselahs
Subtitle: or, Short biographical sketches of a few advanced nonagenarians or actual centenarians who were distinguished in art, science, literature, or philanthropy. Also, brief notices of some individuals remarkable chiefly for their longevity
By: By John Burn Bailey. With an introductory chapter on "long-lasting"
Publisher: Chapman and Hall, limited
Published: 1888
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource];
Number of pages: 460
Subjects: Longevity; Biography
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Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: "Long-lasting."; title: St. Anthony the Great.; title: Joannes Cantacuzenus, emperor of the East.; title: George Gemisthus Pletho.; title: Luigi Cornaro.; title: Titian.; title: Fontenelle.; title: Thomas Amory.; title: A group of far-advanced nonagenarians.; title: Eva Maria Garrick.; title: Caroline Lucretia Herschel.; title: Mary Somerville.; title: Sir Moses Montefiore.; title: Martin Joseph Routh.; title: Mr. Thoms' investigated case of centenarianism.; title: A group of unquestionable centenarians.; title: A few recent and probable cases of centenarianism.; title: Conclusion.