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The scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817), educated at
Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford, was known for his significant
mechanical inventions. He was a Member of the Lunar Society of
Birmingham, where he exchanged ideas with other scientists,
including James Watt. However, Edgeworth was also greatly
interested in education: drawing on his own experiences of raising
twenty children (by his four wives), in 1788 he published, with his
daughter, the poet Maria Edgeworth, his famous two-volume Practical
Education (also reissued in this series). The work was very
influential, and led to this book, published in 1809, a series of
essays on professional education (again written in co-operation
with Maria), dealing with the nature of different occupations in a
state. He discusses education for the professions, including the
Church, the Army and the Law, but also refers to the education of
statesmen, gentlemen and even princes.
The scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817), educated at
Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford, was a Member of the Lunar
Society of Birmingham, where he exchanged ideas with other
scientists, including James Watt, and was known for his significant
mechanical inventions. However, Edgeworth's real interest was
education: in this 1788 two-volume work, written with his daughter,
the poet Maria Edgeworth (1768 1849), he draws on his own
experience of raising twenty children (by his four wives), from
which the work derives its authority and innovative character. The
work was very influential, and led to his Essays on Professional
Education (1809; also reissued in this series). The two volumes
discuss the theories of philosophers and educationalists, while in
general arguing for the importance and formative character of early
childhood experiences. Volume 1 deals with different areas of
childhood education, including play, learning, and obedience and
good behaviour.
The scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817), educated at
Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford, was a Member of the Lunar
Society of Birmingham, where he exchanged ideas with other
scientists, including James Watt, and was known for his significant
mechanical inventions. However, Edgeworth's real interest was
education: in this 1788 two-volume work, written with his daughter,
the poet Maria Edgeworth (1768 1849), he draws on his own
experience of raising twenty children (by his four wives), from
which the work derives its authority and innovative character. The
work was very influential, and led to his Essays on Professional
Education (1809; also reissued in this series). The two volumes
discuss the theories of philosophers and educationalists, while in
general arguing for the importance and formative character of early
childhood experiences. Volume 2 discusses schooling, the idea of
creativity and imagination, and the relationship between public and
private education.
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 1817) was a noted Irish
educationalist, engineer and inventor. This two-volume
autobiography, begun in 1808, was completed by his novelist
daughter Maria, and published in 1820. Edgeworth's interest in
education is evidenced by his reflections about how his childhood
shaped his character and later life. Volume 1, written by Edgeworth
himself and covering the period to 1781, reveals that his interest
in science began early; he was shown an orrery (a moving model of
the solar system) at the age of seven. As a young man, Edgeworth
attended university in Dublin and Oxford, studied law, and eloped
while still in his teens. He experimented with vehicle design,
winning several awards, and was introduced by Erasmus Darwin to the
circle of scientists, innovators and industrialists later known as
the Lunar Society of Birmingham. In 1781 Sir Joseph Banks sponsored
his election to the Royal Society.
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