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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Sir Robert Forsyth Scott (1849-1933) was a British academic, lawyer
and author. He was educated in Edinburgh and Stuttgart then studied
at University College, London. He entered St. John's College,
Cambridge where he studied the Mathematical Tripos and in 1877 was
elected to a fellowship. From 1877 until 1879 he was an Assistant
Master at Christ's Hospital during which he wrote his only
mathematics book The Theory of Determinants and Their Applications
(1880). He then became a Barrister and from 1883 until 1908 he was
a Senior Bursar of St. John's College. From 1908 until his death he
was master of St. John's. He was also Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Cambridge from 1910 to 1912.
St John's College, Cambridge, founded in 1511 by Lady Margaret
Beaufort, is one of the largest colleges in the University, and is
home to one of Cambridge's famous landmarks, the Bridge of Sighs.
The author, R. F. Scott, was Master of the College from 1908 until
his death in 1933. This history, first published in 1907, covers
the period from its foundation, on the ancient site of the hospital
of St John the Evangelist, to the start of the twentieth century.
Each chapter is dedicated to a different century, and the book
finishes with an account of the contemporary social life of the
college. Copiously illustrated throughout and with a comprehensive
index, this book will appeal to anyone interested in Cambridge
University and specifically to those fascinated by college life and
history.
Published during the golden decade before the Great War left an
indelible mark on fellows and undergraduates alike, New College,
Oxford (1906) is a sensitive and affectionate history of an ancient
institution in a modern world. Himself a fellow of the college, A.
O. Prickard conveys the image of an educational family whose
purpose rose 'above the needs of the life of its members' in order
to make a valuable contribution to both society and scholarship.
Keen to promote the college's ongoing relevance in the new century,
Prickard does not allow his fascination with its history to
degenerate into nostalgia. As the author himself explains, Oxford
is 'a place of visions and dreams, which float about, but do not
encumber the earnest life of the present'. Such contentions combine
with Edmund New's informal sketches to create an informative,
picturesque and often surprising account.
The oldest of all Oxford and Cambridge colleges, Merton College
enjoys a distinguished past that reflects many of the most
significant moments in British history, including the Black Death
and the Civil War. These and other crucial events are explored with
wit and insight in White's chronicle of the college, first
published in 1906. A biblical scholar, White was made a fellow and
lecturer in theology at Merton in 1895, where he stayed until his
promotion to Dean of Christ Church in 1905. Even after his
departure, he remained intrigued by the history and customs of his
old college and was eager to share his knowledge outside the
academic community. Worldly as well as scholarly, White always
intended his volume to be accessible to a wide audience, describing
it in his preface as a 'popular handbook' rather than a scholarly
tome; a function it continues to fulfil today.
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