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The English Spelling-Book
Häftad, 2013
410 kr
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Variously a teacher, clergyman and town mayor, William Fordyce Mavor (1758-1837) wrote prolifically on a range of literary, historical and educational topics. This work, first published in 1801 and reissued here in a corrected and improved edition of 1843, is Mavor's most famous. Intended to 'sow …
Educational Charters and Documents 598 to 1909
Häftad, 2010
813 kr
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The most important historical documents relating to the origins and development of British educational institutions are collected in an accessible way in this volume. From the earliest cathedral schools, through the universities, to the foundation of the late Victorian Schools Trusts, these …
The Educational Writings of John Locke
Av John Locke, John William Adamson
Häftad, 2011
445 kr
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John Locke (1632-1704) is widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment philosophers. This volume, edited by J. W. Adamson and published as a second edition in 1922, contains two of John Locke's essays concerning education; Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693) and Of the …
English Works
Toxophilus. Report of the Affaires and State of Germany. The Scholemaster
Av Roger Ascham, William Aldis Wright
Häftad, 2010
526 kr
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The Tudor writer Roger Ascham (c.1514-1568) was royal tutor to Princess Elizabeth. Ascham is best known for his works Toxophilus (1545) and The Scholemaster (1570) which were edited, together with his Report of the Affairs and State of Germany (1570), by the renowned literary scholar William Aldis …
A Hundred Wonders of the Modern World and of the Three Kingdoms of Nature
Described According to the Best and Latest Authorities and Illustrated by Numerous Engravings
Av C. C. Clarke
Häftad, 2010
876 kr
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Sir Richard Phillips (1767-1840) was a London-born author and publisher of educational textbooks who used a vast array of pseudonyms, including that of Reverend C. C. Clarke. Phillips' marketing techniques - the systematic borrowing of famous (living or deceased) authors' names for his textbooks, …
Reflections upon the Education of Children in Charity Schools
With the Outlines of a Plan of Appropriate Instruction for the Children of the Poor
Häftad, 2010
363 kr
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Sarah Trimmer was an experienced Sunday and charity school educator, remembered for her popularization of images and fables in children's textbooks. Trimmer's ideas were already well respected during her lifetime and many of her books saw multiple editions, eliciting the interest of such figures as …
Letters for Literary Ladies
To Which is Added, an Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification
Häftad, 2010
504 kr
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One of the foremost authors of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) made the project of women's education the pillar of her career. Letters for Literary Ladies (1795), her first published work, takes up this question in earnest, offering a staunch defence …
Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: Volume 1
With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent among Women of Rank and Fortune
Av Hannah More
Häftad, 2010
635 kr
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A unique and influential public figure in her time, Hannah More (1745-1833) was a prolific writer. This two-volume study, published in 1799, is her definitive work on women's education, which went through thirteen editions by 1826 and sold over 19,000 copies. The work outlines More's belief that …
Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education
With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent among Women of Rank and Fortune
Av Hannah More
Häftad, 2010
585 kr
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A unique and influential public figure in her time, Hannah More (1745-1833) was a prolific writer. This two-volume study, published in 1799, is her definitive work on women's education, which went through thirteen editions by 1826 and sold over 19,000 copies. The work outlines More's belief that …
The Higher Education of Women
Av Emily Davies
Häftad, 2010
455 kr
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Emily Davies (1830-1921) was an English early feminist and suffragist who is best remembered for her pioneering campaign to allow women access to university education. Davies was one of the founders of Girton College, Cambridge and served as Mistress between 1873-1875. This volume, first published …
Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education
Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin
Häftad, 2010
684 kr
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Throughout his career as a theologian, deacon, priest and cardinal, John Henry Newman (1801-1890) remained a committed believer in the value of education. A graduate of Trinity College, Oxford, his own academic experiences shaped his friendships, politics and faith. His Discourses (1852), delivered …
Where There's a Will, There's a Way!
Or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life
Av James Cash
Häftad, 2011
461 kr
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During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries many scientists, naturalists, engineers and inventors from humble backgrounds, largely self-taught, made significant contributions to British science. This 1873 book by James Cash (1839-1909) celebrates their achievements in natural history, while …
Rapport historique sur les progrès des sciences naturelles depuis 1789, et sur leur état actuel
Häftad, 2011
487 kr
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In 1808, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815, commissioned a series of official reports on the progress of scientific research since 1789. First published in 1810, this report on the current state of science was written by French naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832). …
The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold
Late Head Master of Rugby School, and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford
Häftad, 2012
537 kr
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Head of Rugby School for over a decade, Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) became Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in the final year of his life. Known for his controversial ideas on schooling and religion, he was a prominent and influential figure in the history of British education. First …
The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold
Late Head Master of Rugby School, and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford
Häftad, 2012
680 kr
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Head of Rugby School for over a decade, Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) became Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in the final year of his life. Known for his controversial ideas on schooling and religion, he was a prominent and influential figure in the history of British education. First …
Essays on Professional Education
Häftad, 2012
758 kr
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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 …
Practical Education
Av Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Häftad, 2012
775 kr
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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 …
Practical Education
Av Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Häftad, 2012
758 kr
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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 …
Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest
Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports
Häftad, 2013
537 kr
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John Ayrton Paris (1785-1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1844 until his death. Intended for children and originally composed for the author's family, this three-volume work about science was …
Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest
Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports
Häftad, 2013
505 kr
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John Ayrton Paris (1785-1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1844 until his death. Intended for children and originally composed for the author's family, this three-volume work about science was …
Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest
Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports
Häftad, 2013
402 kr
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John Ayrton Paris (1785-1856), writer and physician, became a member of the Linnean Society in 1810, and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1844 until his death. Intended for children and originally composed for the author's family, this three-volume work about science was …
Early Yorkshire Schools
Häftad, 2013
505 kr
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Published for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1899, this first volume of a two-volume survey sets out to collect and put into historical context the extant documentation relating to the foundation and early history of three ancient Yorkshire schools - in York, Beverley and Ripon - from …
Early Yorkshire Schools
Häftad, 2013
787 kr
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Published for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1903, this second volume of a two-volume survey sets out to collect and put into historical context the extant documentation relating to the foundation and early history of seven Yorkshire schools: Pontefract, Howden, Northallerton, Acaster, …
The Conflict of Studies
And Other Essays on Subjects Connected with Education
Häftad, 2013
433 kr
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The nineteenth century was a time of great reform in education, with debate focusing on such questions as who should be educated, in what manner, and to what degree. Given the technical advances brought about by the Industrial Revolution, rigorous mathematical education was seen by many as …
Labour and Childhood
Häftad, 2013
442 kr
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Celebrated for her pioneering work to improve the education, health and welfare of slum children, Margaret McMillan (1860-1931) was an active socialist campaigner and member of the Independent Labour Party. Her involvement with Bradford school boards drew her attention to the poor state of health …
Letters on Education
With Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects
Häftad, 2014
897 kr
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First published in 1790, this collection of letters presents the mature views of Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) on education and related topics. Famed as an impassioned writer on history and politics, she defied eighteenth-century preconceptions of what it was possible and appropriate for women to …
Miscellaneous Observations Relating to Education
More Especially as it Respects the Conduct of the Mind
Häftad, 2013
585 kr
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The English polymath Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) wrote on a wide range of scientific, theological and pedagogical subjects. After the appearance of his influential Rudiments of English Grammar (1761) and A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar (1762), both of which are …
The Governess
Or, The Little Female Academy
Häftad, 2013
402 kr
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First published in 1749 and reissued here in its 1765 printing, this novel by Sarah Fielding (1710-68) attempts to encourage young women to lives of virtue and benevolence through the story of nine girls living with their governess, Mrs Teachum, in a school in the north of England. The girls, aged …
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters
With Reflections on Female Conduct, in the More Important Duties of Life
Häftad, 2014
402 kr
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Paving the way for modern feminist thinking, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97) dared to challenge traditional eighteenth-century attitudes towards women. First published in 1787, this book discusses how girls can best be educated to become valuable wives and mothers. It argues that women can offer the …
Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community
With a Brief Sketch of the Life of Joseph Lancaster
Av Joseph Lancaster, William Corston
Häftad, 2014
585 kr
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The son of a shopkeeper, Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) received little formal education himself. In 1798 he set up a school in Southwark, waiving fees for poor children. Originally published in 1803, this work sets out in detail the philosophy and practice of Lancaster's system of education, which …
