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Author: HardPress Publisher: Hardpress Publishing ISBN: 9781313939195 Category : Languages : en Pages : 472
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Author: HardPress Publisher: Hardpress Publishing ISBN: 9781313939195 Category : Languages : en Pages : 472
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Author: Leslie Stephen Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781022854611 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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A comprehensive collection of biographies of British notable figures, including an overview of their life, accomplishments, and legacy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Leslie Stephen Publisher: ISBN: 9781332589623 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 470
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Excerpt from Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 8 10. 'Discourses suited to these Eventful and Critical Times, ' London, 1832 (preached at the Episcopal Chapel, Broad Court, Drury Lane, London, of which Burton is said, on the title-page, to be minister). 11. 'A Discourse on Protestantism, delivered on the occasion of admitting two Roman Catholics to the Protestant Communion' (? Manchester, 1840). 12. 'The Church and Dissent: an appeal to Independents, Presbyterians, Methodists, and other Sects, &c., ' Manchester, 1840. 13. 'The Watchman's Cry, or Protestant England roused from her Slumber; a Discourse, ' Manchester, 1840. 14. 'Lectures on the Millennium, ' London, 1841. The millennium is to begin in 1868. 15. 'Lectures on the World before the Flood, ' London (Manchester), 1844. An attempt to harmonise the literal narrative of Genesis with the discoveries of science. 16. 'Lectures on the Deluge and the World after the Flood, ' London (Manchester), 1845. 17. 'Lectures on Popery, ' Manchester, 1851. 18. 'A Demonstration of Catholic Truth by a plain and final Argument against the Socinian Heresy, a discourse, ' Manchester, 1853. 19. 'The Comet, ' 'The World on Fire, ' 'The World after the Fire, ' 'The New Heaven and the New Earth, ' are titles of single sermons issued in 1858. 20. 'The Antiquity of the British Church, a lecture, ' Manchester, 1861. This is a pamphlet on the Liberation Society controversy. In addition to his theological studies Burton had a great fondness for botanical pursuits, and his discovery in Anglesea of a plant new to science led to his election as fellow of the Linnean Society. While on a visit at Western Lodge, Durham, he was attacked by typhus fever of a virulent nature, and died after three weeks' illness on 6 Sept. 1866. [Manchester Courier, 8 Sept. 1866; British Museum General Catalogue; Illustrated London News, 16 Feb. 1850; private information.] W. E. A. A. Burton, Charles Edward (1846-1882), astronomer, was born on 16 Sept. 1846, at Barnton, Cheshire, of which benefice his father, the Rev. Edward W. Burton, was then incumbent. He showed from childhood a marked taste for astronomy, and entered Lord Rosse's observatory as assistant in February 1868, some months before taking a degree of B.A. at the university of Dublin. Compelled by constitutional delicacy to resign the post in March 1869, he joined the Sicilian expedition to observe the total solar eclipse of 22 Dec. 1870, and read a paper on its results before the Royal Irish Academy, 13 Feb. 1871 (Proc. new ser. i. 113). The observations and drawings made by him at Agosta (Sicily) were included in Mr. Ranyard's valuable 'eclipse volume' (Mem. R. A. Soc. xli.) Attached as photographer to the transit of Venus expedition in 1874, he profited by his stay at Rodriguez to observe southern nebulae (30 Doradus and that surrounding n Argus) with a 12-inch silvered glass reflector of his own construction (Month. Not. xxxvi. 69). On his return he spent nearly twelve months at Greenwich measuring photographs of the transit, then worked for two years at the observatory of Dunsink, near Dublin, and retired in August 1878, once more through ill-health, to his father's parsonage at Loughlinstown, county Dublin, where he made diligent use of his own admirable specula. His observations on Mars, during the opposition of 1879, were of especial value as confirming the existence, and adding to the numbers, of the 'canals' discovered by Schiaparelli two years previously. A communication to the Royal Dublin Society descriptive of them was printed in their 'Scientific Transactions' under the title of 'Physical Observations of Mars, 1879-80' (i. 151, ser. ii.) From twenty-four accompanying drawings (two of them executed by Dr. Dreyer with the Dunsink refractor) a chart on Mercator's projection was constructed, which Mr. Webb adopted in the fourth edition of his 'Celestial Objects' (1881). Burton's experiments on lunar photography were interrupt..."
Author: Leslie Stephen Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781396573224 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 464
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Excerpt from Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 22: Glover-Gravet Ou 24 Oct. 1861, while serving on boardthepeneiopeon thewesteoastof Afriea, hewaspromotedtobelieutenant, and in May 1859 was ted to the Royalist iatheeastindies. Herhewasmoved to the Sphinx, a11d, in eommand of her boats, took yart in the disastrous afl'air at Dona hew mbnrmah on 4 Feb.1863 [see Loon, Gaumue Gowns], where he was severely wonndaha ball entaming under the right e e aadpassingout attheear. Inthe summer e returned to England, and in October was appointed to the Royal from which he was moved in February 854 to be htat lieutenant of the Rosamond ddle-sloop in thebaltic. From1855tol 7hehadeon1 mandofthe Otter, a small steamer, a11d then $ned the e tum to the Niger, with Dr. 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.
Author: Sir Leslie Stephen Publisher: Hardpress Publishing ISBN: 9781407675428 Category : Languages : en Pages : 470
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Author: Leslie Stephen Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780265528259 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 470
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Excerpt from Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 8: Burton-Cantwell Burton, edward (1794 te gius professor of divinity at Oxford, the son ofmaj or Edward Burton, was born at Shrews bury ou 13 Feb. 1794. He was educated at Westminster, matriculated as a commoner of Christ Church, Oxford, on 15 May 1812. 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.
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