William Jardine Proudfoot, Proudfoot William Jardine

Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie, L.L.D., Astronomer in the British Embassy to China, 1792, '3, '4,

Afterwards Professor of Natural Philosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 201g
• ISBN-13: 9781108013796
• ISBN-10: 1108013791
• Artikelnr.: 29611068

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
1. Birth, early life, and a teacher of youth
2. Career as a public lecturer on natural philosophy
3. Appointment in the British Embassy to China
4. Residence at Pekin
5. Departure from Pekin and journey to Canton
6. Residence in Canton
7. Termination of the Embassy
8. Residence in India, and appointment as professor of natural philosophy in the College of Fort William
9. Return to England
Letters.