Lives of men of letters & science, who flourished in the time of George III
By: by Henry, Lord Brougham ; with portraits engraved on steel.
Series: Landmarks II
Publisher: C. Knight
Published: 1845
Place of publication: London
Format: Microform
Subjects: Biography -- 18th century; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Science -- Great Britain -- History; Scientists -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Lives of men of letters and science, who flourished in the time of George III; Men of letters in the time of George III; Landmarks of science.
Table of contents: title: [v. 1] Voltaire. Rousseau. Hume. Robertson. Black. Watt. Priestley. Cavendish. Davy. Simson; title: v. 2. Johnson. Adam Smith. Lavoisier. Gibbon. Sir Joseph Banks. D'Alembert. Additional appendix to the lives of Sir Joseph Banks and Adam Smith. Note on the lives of Cavendish, Watt, and Black.