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The English Spelling–Book

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Cambridge Library Collection

William Fordyce Mavor (1758–1837), from a Scots Jacobite family, set out in 1775 to seek his fortune in London. After staying for a bit with a cousin who, as the ODNB remarks in a wonderful throw-away line, ‘had become a … Continue reading →

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Science (Almost) in Earnest

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Cambridge Library Collection

A recent addition to our series on the history of education is the rather wordy, three-volume Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest, by John Ayrton Paris, who was also the author of a two-volume life of Sir Humphry Davy … Continue reading →

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Practical Education

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Cambridge Library Collection

We reissued the biography of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Begun by Himself and Concluded by his Daughter, Maria Edgeworth, last year, but I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t pay much attention. Father of a more famous daughter, minor Lunar Society man, … Continue reading →

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