The Journals of Walter White

Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

By:

Walter White

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

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Although he left school at fourteen to work as an upholsterer and cabinet-maker, Walter White (1811–93) would spend forty years working in the library of the Royal Society. White was mostly self-taught, a voracious reader who also learnt German, French, and Latin, and a diligent attender at lectures and other events offering self-improvement. After a brief emigration to the United States, he returned to Britain in 1839, and was offered a post as 'attendant' in the Royal Society's library in 1844; this led to his cataloguing much of the collection, and in 1861 he was appointed Librarian. He became acquainted with many of the Society's members, including Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin, and Lord Tennyson. These journals, published posthumously by his brother in 1898, begin with a brief account of his early years before charting his intellectual progress and career, ending in the year he retired, 1884.

Release date Australia

March 8th, 2012

Author

Walter White

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 Plates, black and white

Pages

302

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

Dimensions

140x216x17

ISBN-13

9781108045131

Product ID

19711936

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