The notorious Sir John Hill
Subtitle: the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity
By: George Rousseau
Publisher: Lehigh University Press; Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bethlehem, [Pa.]; Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781611461206; 9781611461213
Subjects: Botanists; Intellectual life; Humanists; Biography; English Authors
Notes: "Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. "--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The mountebank's road out; title: Amidst the trees in Sussex; title: Apothecary Hill, almost FRS; title: Deranged by disappointment; title: Three strikes in revenge; title: Man of letters; title: Puffing "Inspector Hill"; title: The "lion" at the Bedford; title: Riot in Ranelagh; title: Hill and the "fame machine"; title: Canning and marriage; title: Philosophy and botany; title: Botany and Bute; title: Hill and Linnaeus; title: The theatre too; title: Annus mirabilis 1758-59; title: The final blow; title: Knighthood and death; title: Lady Hill persists; title: Forgotten Hill; title: Afterword: on the trail of John Hill.