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Edward Lhwyd, c. 1660-1709 : naturalist, antiquary,philologist / Brynley F. Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Brynley F., author.
- Series:
- Scientists of Wales
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientists--Biography.
- Scientists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The first full-length biography of Edward Lhwyd, this is an important contribution to the history of science in the fields of botany, palaeontology and linguistics.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series Editor's Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- A Note on Dates, Money and Transcriptions
- Glossary
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 The Lloyds of Llanforda and Lhwyd's Grandfather, Edward Lloyd
- 2 Life at Llanforda: Father and Son
- 3 Oxford
- 4 Apprentice Years at the Ashmolean
- 5 Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum
- 6 Fossils and 'Formed Stones': Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia, 1699
- 7 Britannia, 1695
- 8 Archæologia Britannica : The 'Great Tour', 1697-1701: Wales
- 9 Archæologia Britannica: 'Parallel Observations'
- 10 The Glossography and After
- 11 Afterlife
- Notes
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786837844
- 1786837846
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