Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 429 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society
Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 429 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
ISBN: 978-1-108-04513-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Although he left school at fourteen to work as an upholsterer and cabinet-maker, Walter White (1811-93) would spend forty years working in the library of the Royal Society. White was mostly self-taught, a voracious reader who also learnt German, French, and Latin, and a diligent attender at lectures and other events offering self-improvement. After a brief emigration to the United States, he returned to Britain in 1839, and was offered a post as 'attendant' in the Royal Society's library in 1844; this led to his cataloguing much of the collection, and in 1861 he was appointed Librarian. He became acquainted with many of the Society's members, including Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin, and Lord Tennyson. These journals, published posthumously by his brother in 1898, begin with a brief account of his early years before charting his intellectual progress and career, ending in the year he retired, 1884.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface; 1. Early years, 1811-44; 2. Sub-librarian at the Royal Society, 1844-53; 3. Walter White and Lord Tennyson; 4. Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; Index.
