Thomas Garnett

Science, Medicine, Mobility in Britain

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Robert Fox

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Thomas Garnett was a man of science and physician whose career took him from rural obscurity in 18th-century Westmorland to metropolitan prominence as the first professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the newly founded Royal Institution in London in 1799. His rise to the summit of British science was far from straightforward, but is brought to life in vivid detail by Robert Fox. Fox gives an engrossing and moving account of the trials, triumphs, and tragedies of Garnett’s life, exploring his disputes with established doctors concerning the medicinal virtues of mineral waters, his involvement in the contested politics surrounding the creation of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and his premature death. In doing so, Fox deftly shows how Garnett’s life can illuminate a wide canvas of the social history of British science and medicine in the crucial period of early industrialisation

Author Biography:

Robert Fox is Emeritus Professor of the History of Science, University of Oxford, UK.

Release date Australia

February 8th, 2024

Author

Robert Fox

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 bw illus

Pages

208

ISBN-13

9781350239296

Product ID

36417220

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