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WILLIAM WHEWELL, D.D., MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
AN ACCOUNT OF HIS WRITINGS; WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE |
| By: |
Isaac Todhunter (Editor), William Whewell |
| Format: |
Paperback |

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| ISBN 10: |
1108038530 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108038539 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
8 November, 2011 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge |
| Pages: |
454 |
| Description: |
This 1876 biography of one of Trinity College's most distinguished masters reflects a typically nineteenth-century fusion of religion and science. |
| Synopsis: |
William Whewell (1794-1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere. Educated at a local grammar school, he won a scholarship to Cambridge, and began his career at Trinity College in 1812; he went on to be elected a fellow of Trinity in 1817 and Master in 1841. An acquaintance of William Wordsworth and a friend of Adam Sedgwick, his professional interests reflected a typically nineteenth-century fusion of religion and science, ethics and empiricism. Published in 1876, and written by the mathematician and fellow of St John's College, Isaac Todhunter (1820-84), this biography combines a narrative account of Whewell's life and achievements with extracts taken from his personal correspondence. Volume 1 covers his sermons and early poetry, as well as his work on tides, moral philosophy and mechanics, and his celebrated study of the inductive sciences. |
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black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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