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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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An Index of Hereditary English, Scottish and Irish Titles of Honour
Author: An Index of Hereditary English, Scottish, and Irish Titles of Honour
Author: Edward SollyPublisher: Southern Historical Press
ISBN: 9781639141029
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
By: Edward Solly, Pub. 1879, reprinted 2023, 214 pages, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-102-9. This book is an index of approximately 5,750 titles of honour, arranged in alphabetically order. It gives the family name for all the English, Scottish and Irish Peerages and Baronetages both existing and extinct at the time the work was originally published. It also lists the date when each separate title was conferred, the family seat, and the changes which the titles underwent. Since hereditary titles of honour often are used by direct male descendants and, in some creations, by heirs in general, the family names themselves are little known. Identification of family hereditary honours is thus facilitated through the use of this index.
An Index of Hereditary English, Scottish, and Irish Titles of Honour (Classic Reprint)
Author: Edward SollyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333790127
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Excerpt from An Index of Hereditary English, Scottish, and Irish Titles of Honour A few words are needed, not only to explain what this Index is, but also what it is not. It is an index of the Peerages and Baronetages of the United Kingdom, showing the date when each separate title was conferred, the changes which they underwent, and their present condition, whether existent, modified, dormant, or extinct. It is therefore a guide or reference to the existing and extinct Peerages and Baronetages of England, Scotland, and Ireland. It has no pretensions to be a Peerage, or in any way to take the place of the valuable works of Burke, Lodge, Debrett, and others; these volumes now form a small library in themselves, and the present index is merely designed to point out in which of the Peerages or Baronetages any given title is to be found. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
Author: Robert K. MertonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691126305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
From the names of cruise lines and bookstores to an Australian ranch and a nudist camp outside of Atlanta, the word serendipity--that happy blend of wisdom and luck by which something is discovered not quite by accident--is today ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century--chronicling along the way much of what we now call the natural and social sciences. The book charts where the term went, with whom it resided, and how it fared. We cross oceans and academic specialties and meet those people, both famous and now obscure, who have used and abused serendipity. We encounter a linguistic sage, walk down the illustrious halls of the Harvard Medical School, attend the (serendipitous) birth of penicillin, and meet someone who "manages serendipity" for the U.S. Navy. The story of serendipity is fascinating; that of The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity, equally so. Written in the 1950s by already-eminent sociologist Robert Merton and Elinor Barber, the book--though occasionally and most tantalizingly cited--was intentionally never published. This is all the more curious because it so remarkably anticipated subsequent battles over research and funding--many of which centered on the role of serendipity in science. Finally, shortly after his ninety-first birthday, following Barber's death and preceding his own by but a little, Merton agreed to expand and publish this major work. Beautifully written, the book is permeated by the prodigious intellectual curiosity and generosity that characterized Merton's influential On the Shoulders of Giants. Absolutely entertaining as the history of a word, the book is also tremendously important to all who value the miracle of intellectual discovery. It represents Merton's lifelong protest against that rhetoric of science that defines discovery as anything other than a messy blend of inspiration, perspiration, error, and happy chance--anything other than serendipity.
An Index of Hereditary English, Scottish, and Irish Titles of Honour
Author: A Directory of British Peerages
Author: Colin J. ParryPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806311215
Category : British Peerages
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
A directory of British titles of nobility and the surnames of those who have borne them, compiled with rank, nationality, ownership, approximate period, and fate.
A catalogue of books, chiefly relating to English and American history and antiquities ... presented to the University of McGill college, Montreal, by Peter Redpath, esq
Author: Montreal McGill univ, librPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A Catalogue of Books Chiefly Relating to English and American History and Antiquities
Author: McGill University. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Author: Justin Winsor
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