Reminiscences of the University, Town and County of Cambridge, from the Year 1780 (Paperback)

Henry Gunning (1768 1854) was a Bedell at the University of Cambridge for over sixty years, and in this capacity attended on the Vice-Chancellor at official ceremonies and published the results of votes held in the Senate House. This two-volume work, written shortly before his death, and published posthumously in 1854, was controversial. News of its publication caused consternation about what he might say, and senior members of the University are noticeably absent from the subscription list. Gunning had been active in town as well as university affairs, and, though he includes amusing and perhaps embarrassing anecdotes about Cambridge figures, he is not malicious. He makes it clear that Cambridge was at a low point academically when he arrived as a student, but he lived to see the beginnings of reform in the Victorian period. Volume 2, covering the period from 1795 to 1830, includes the events and friendships of his later life.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge, Volume 2
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Henry Gunning
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	390
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04447-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-108-04447-6
Barcode:	9781108044479

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