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William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 2 Volume Set: An Account of His Writings; With Selections from His Literary and Scientific

William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 2 Volume Set: An Account of His Writings; With Selections from His Literary and Scientific

Todhunter, Isaac
Whewell, William

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Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge

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ISBN10: 1108038557
ISBN13: 9781108038553
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Nov 8 2011
Pages: 900
Weight: 2.55
Height: 2.10 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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. The two-volume work describes Whewell's intellectual development, career and influence, and also reveals much about the conflicts, debates and friendships that shaped nineteenth-century academic life.

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