Scholae Academicae: Some Account of the Studies at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century (1877) - Softcover

Wordsworth, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1112210059 ISBN 13: 9781112210051

Publisher: Cornell University Library, 2009

Synopsis

Originally published in 1877. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

About this title

Book Description:

In this book, published in 1877, Christopher Wordsworth, the great-nephew of the poet, describes the state and the syllabuses of the English universities in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, before the reforms following the 1852 Royal Commission.

About the Author:

Christopher Wordsworth (1807-85), the "Great Christopher" of Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, was a nephew of William the poet, and brother to Charles, the student who launched the University Boat Race. In 1832, Christopher took a gap-year, after his brilliant studies in ancient Greek and Latin classics, to travel back in time over two thousand years to Pericles' Athens. The account of his tour, Athens and Attica (1836), is still the perfect scholarly companion to the history, topography, and myths of an area compact in dimension yet vast in terms of its contribution to Western civilization.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cornell University Library
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1112210059
• ISBN 13: 9781112210051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 484