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William Jardine Proudfoot, James Dinwiddie - Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie ... Embracing Some Account of His Travels in China and Residence in India Compiled From His Notes and Correspondence, Inbunden

Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie ... Embracing Some Account of His Travels in China and Residence in India Compiled From His Notes and Correspondence

AvWilliam Jardine Proudfoot,James Dinwiddie

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

371 kr

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Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie ... Embracing Some Account of His Travels in China and Residence in India Compiled From His Notes and Correspondence

AvWilliam Jardine Proudfoot,James Dinwiddie

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

214 kr

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Barrow's Travels in China

AvWilliam Jardine Proudfoot

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

371 kr

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Barrow's Travels in China

AvWilliam Jardine Proudfoot

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

214 kr

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Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie, L.L.D., Astronomer in the British Embassy to China, 1792, '3, '4,

Afterwards Professor of Natural Philosophy in the College of Fort William, Bengal

AvWilliam Jardine Proudfoot

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

364 kr

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This is an account of the career of James Dinwiddie (1746-1815). First published in 1868 by Dinwiddie's grandson William Jardine Proudfoot, the work is based on Dinwiddie's own autobiographical notes, travel logbook and personal correspondence. The biography traces Dinwiddie's career from the scientific lectures he gave from 1781 and the journal series Queries and Hints, which he began in 1779, to his visit to the Chinese imperial court as official astronomer in Lord Macartney's mission (1792-1794); his residence in Beijing and Canton; and his move to India, where he was appointed Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the College of Fort William, Bengal. Dinwiddie's career was marked by passionate commitment to the dissemination of scientific knowledge - his travels, lectures and publications were undertaken for this cause. His life is a fascinating account of a polymathic mind which will fascinate and entertain a modern-day readership.

Barrow's Travels in China

An Investigation into the Origin and Authenticity of the 'Facts and Observations' Related in a Work Entitled 'Travels in China by John Barrow, F.R.S.'

AvWilliam Jardine Proudfoot

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

364 kr

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William Jardine Proudfoot (c.1804-1887) published his critique of Sir John Barrow's Travels in China (1804; also reissued in this series) with the agenda of exposing the latter as unreliable and unjust. Barrow had accompanied Lord Macartney on the first British mission to the Chinese Imperial Court (1792-4), in a party that also included the official astronomer, Dr James Dinwiddie, Proudfoot's grandfather. Comparing Barrow's account to that found in other records, Proudfoot concludes that the earlier work was 'a great humbug', ascribing to Barrow the 'powerful motive' of self-promotion. In a work full of vitriol against its subject, Proudfoot's concern is to honour the memory of the mission's members, whom he felt Barrow belittled and vilified, and also to point out factual inaccuracies, accusing him of seeking amusement rather than truth in his anecdotes. Read alongside Barrow's work, it makes for an interesting, scornful, and often entertaining counter.