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Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment: Glasgow, Edinburgh, and St. Andrews Universities (2008)

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Emerson, Roger L. (Author)

Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: x + 638 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English
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Universities and colleges Science education and teaching Patronage 18th century Enlightenment Scotland Edinburgh Glasgow (Scotland) University of St. Andrews University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow
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Review Wilson, David B. (2009) Review of "Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment: Glasgow, Edinburgh, and St. Andrews Universities". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 653). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rayner-Canham, Geoff
Rayner-Canham, Marelene
Button, Clare
Patrick Scott
Jenkins, Bill
Weidenhammer, Erich
Journals
Social History of Medicine
Journal of Medical Biography
British Journal for the History of Science
Physics in Perspective
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Publishers
University of Toronto Press
Ashgate Publishing
Abertay Historical Society
Concepts
Science education and teaching
Medicine
Societies; institutions; academies
Patronage
Natural history
Medical education and teaching
People
Pechey, Mary Edith
Ewart, James Cossar
Brown, Alexander Crum
Myers, Levi
Wundt, Wilhelm Max
Walker, John
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Enlightenment
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Scotland
Edinburgh
Great Britain
South Carolina (U.S.)
Glasgow (Scotland)
England
Institutions
University of Edinburgh
University of St. Andrews
University of Glasgow
Animal Breeding Research Department (University of Edinburgh)
University Marine Biological Station Millport
Edinburgh Physiological Society
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