Author: British Academy
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Avranches-Barnewall
Author: British Academy
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
Biography Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society
Author: Royal Commonwealth Society. Library
Publisher: London : Royal Commonwealth Society
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher: London : Royal Commonwealth Society
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers
Author: Ray Desmond
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000124495
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Over the past four centuries botanists and gardeners in the British Isles have gathered, maintained and propagated many varying species of plants. Their work has been documented in innumerable books and articles which are often difficult to trace. The Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists represents a time-saving reference source for those who wish to discover more about the lives and achievements of the horticulturalists listed. The dictionary's utility comes not only from indicating the major publications of the named authors, but also the location of their herbaria and manuscripts.; The previous 1977 edition of the Dictionary has for many years been a much used source of information for botanists, botanic artists and archivists. In this revised edition the scope has been expanded to include among its 13,000 entries flower painters in addition to botanical artists over 1400 entries and, for the first time, garden designers.; Finally the Dictionary should have international appeal since so many botanists and gardeners worked on collective plants overseas, in particular in North America and the British Commonwealth.; Each entry gives, wherever possible, details of dates and places of birth and death, educational qualifications, professional posts, honours and awards, publications, location of plant collections, manuscripts, drawings and portraits. Its main function, however, is to provide further biographical references to books and periodicals. Comprehensive classified indices facilitate access by professions and activities, countries, and plant interests.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000124495
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Over the past four centuries botanists and gardeners in the British Isles have gathered, maintained and propagated many varying species of plants. Their work has been documented in innumerable books and articles which are often difficult to trace. The Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists represents a time-saving reference source for those who wish to discover more about the lives and achievements of the horticulturalists listed. The dictionary's utility comes not only from indicating the major publications of the named authors, but also the location of their herbaria and manuscripts.; The previous 1977 edition of the Dictionary has for many years been a much used source of information for botanists, botanic artists and archivists. In this revised edition the scope has been expanded to include among its 13,000 entries flower painters in addition to botanical artists over 1400 entries and, for the first time, garden designers.; Finally the Dictionary should have international appeal since so many botanists and gardeners worked on collective plants overseas, in particular in North America and the British Commonwealth.; Each entry gives, wherever possible, details of dates and places of birth and death, educational qualifications, professional posts, honours and awards, publications, location of plant collections, manuscripts, drawings and portraits. Its main function, however, is to provide further biographical references to books and periodicals. Comprehensive classified indices facilitate access by professions and activities, countries, and plant interests.
Imperium of the soul
Author: Norman Etherington
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526106078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Some of the most compelling and enduring creative work of the late Victorian and Edwardian Era came from committed imperialists and conservatives. Their continuing popularity owes a great deal to the way their guiding ideas resonated with modernism in the arts and psychology. The analogy they perceived between the imperial business of subjugating savage subjects and the civilised ego's struggle to subdue the unruly savage within generated some of their best artistic endeavours. In a series of thematically linked chapters Imperium of the soul explores the work of writers Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, Rider Haggard and John Buchan along with the composer Edward Elgar and the architect Herbert Baker. It culminates with an analysis of their mutual infatuation with T. E. Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia - who represented all their dreams for the future British Empire but whose ultimate paralysis of creative imagination exposed the fatal flaw in their psycho-political project. This transdisciplinary study will interest not only scholars of imperialism and the history of ideas but general readers fascinated by bygone ideas of exotic adventure and colonial rule.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526106078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Some of the most compelling and enduring creative work of the late Victorian and Edwardian Era came from committed imperialists and conservatives. Their continuing popularity owes a great deal to the way their guiding ideas resonated with modernism in the arts and psychology. The analogy they perceived between the imperial business of subjugating savage subjects and the civilised ego's struggle to subdue the unruly savage within generated some of their best artistic endeavours. In a series of thematically linked chapters Imperium of the soul explores the work of writers Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, Rider Haggard and John Buchan along with the composer Edward Elgar and the architect Herbert Baker. It culminates with an analysis of their mutual infatuation with T. E. Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia - who represented all their dreams for the future British Empire but whose ultimate paralysis of creative imagination exposed the fatal flaw in their psycho-political project. This transdisciplinary study will interest not only scholars of imperialism and the history of ideas but general readers fascinated by bygone ideas of exotic adventure and colonial rule.
RIBA Journal
Author: Royal Institute of British Architects
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Architecture & Personalities
Author: Sir Herbert Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts.
A Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
Author: Library Association. Rare Books Group
Publisher: London : Library Association Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
This revised edition lists approximately 1200 libraries in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, some included for the first time, with details of their rare and special book collections. It covers mainly those printed before 1850, but includes manuscript and modern material where related.
Publisher: London : Library Association Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
This revised edition lists approximately 1200 libraries in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, some included for the first time, with details of their rare and special book collections. It covers mainly those printed before 1850, but includes manuscript and modern material where related.
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Author: Maurer Maurer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Biographical Books, 1950-1980
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1634
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1634
Book Description