Charles Frederick Partington
Charles Frederick Partington (died 1857?) was a British science lecturer and writer. Life. Partington was associated with the London Institution. He lectured successfully also in the North of England, and adopted the style "Professor". While he at times claimed a closer relationship with the London Institution, professionally he was paid there only as an assistant librarian, by William Maltby. His presumption of a position at the Institute caused friction in the end, and he had to drop any such claim. Partington lectured also at the other institutes in London (the Russell Institution, Surrey Institution, and London Mechanics  Institute). He lectured to the short-lived London Chemical Society in 1824. Works. Partington published the following: Edited works. Partington edited "The British Cyclopædia of Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Geography, Law and Politics, Natural History and Biography", from 1835; the tenth and last volume appeared in 1837. As a part publication, it appeared from May 1834 in monthly parts at a shilling. The divisions were: Partington wrote: division 1 parts i.–xxv., division 2 parts i.–xxiv., division 3 parts i.–xi. Much of the natural history division was written by Robert Mudie. Other edited works were: Periodicals. Partington edited "The Scientific  Gazette, or Library of Mechanical Philosophy, Chemistry, and Discovery", which ran from July 1825 to 4 February 1826. With the civil engineer William Newton, he edited and partly wrote the second series of "The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, containing descriptions of every new patent; also original communications on science and philosophy"; this periodical went to nine volumes, 1834–42.