1st Edition
The Enlightenment of Thomas Beddoes Science, medicine, and reform
Introduction
Trevor Levere, Larry Stewart
1. Chemistry, Consumption and Reform
Trevor Levere
2. Geology and Natural History
Hugh Torrens
3. A Jacobin Cloven Hoof
Larry Stewart
4. Book Collector, Library Cormorant and Critic
Trevor Levere
5. Models, Toys and the Struggle for Educational Reform
Hugh Torrens and Joseph Wachelder
Appendix 1. The Mystery of Dr. John Edmonds Stock, Beddoes' first biographer
Hugh Torrens
Appendix 2. Beddoes’ Borrowings from the Bristol Library Society
Trevor Levere
Index
Biography
Trevor Levere is University Professor Emeritus in the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, Canada.
Larry Stewart is a Professor in the Department of History, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Hugh S. Torrens is Emeritus Professor of History of Science and Technology at Keele University, UK.
Joseph Wachelder is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
"I found each of the essays interesting and stimulating, well-presented and well-researched." - Brian Vincent, University of Bristol
"This volume contributes to a more thorough understanding of the political aspect of Beddoes’s work. (...) Each chapter contributes information that will be welcomed by specialists, and each one is comprehensively documented." - Jan Golinski, University of New Hampshire
