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... studied at that university , and at Weimar and Wurzbourg . He travelled into Holland , and remained some time at Leyden ; he visited the mines of Saxony , and returned to his native country in 1730 , when the degree of doctor of ...
... studied at that university , and at Weimar and Wurzbourg . He travelled into Holland , and remained some time at Leyden ; he visited the mines of Saxony , and returned to his native country in 1730 , when the degree of doctor of ...
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... studied under Houllier , Fernel , and Duret , and in his profession he adopted the methods and doctrines of the great master of physic Hippocrates , and he has by some been looked upon as having rather too blindly adhered to the autho ...
... studied under Houllier , Fernel , and Duret , and in his profession he adopted the methods and doctrines of the great master of physic Hippocrates , and he has by some been looked upon as having rather too blindly adhered to the autho ...
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... studied in Queen's college , Oxford , which was especially founded for the benefit of northern men . He entered the ... studied physic ; em- ploying his leisure hours in studying mathematics , especially astronomy . By the advice of some ...
... studied in Queen's college , Oxford , which was especially founded for the benefit of northern men . He entered the ... studied physic ; em- ploying his leisure hours in studying mathematics , especially astronomy . By the advice of some ...
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... studied by hardly any , and was considered merely as matter of idle curiosity by nearly all . Amongst these works may be especially mentioned the Ladies ' Diary , edited successively by Tipper , Beighton , Heath , Simpson , Rol- linson ...
... studied by hardly any , and was considered merely as matter of idle curiosity by nearly all . Amongst these works may be especially mentioned the Ladies ' Diary , edited successively by Tipper , Beighton , Heath , Simpson , Rol- linson ...
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... studied theology at Rome , taught philosophy at Ofen , and was afterwards professor of history and antiquities at Vienna , and tutor in Hungarian history to the crown prince ( afterwards the emperor Joseph ) . He died at Azad in 1775 ...
... studied theology at Rome , taught philosophy at Ofen , and was afterwards professor of history and antiquities at Vienna , and tutor in Hungarian history to the crown prince ( afterwards the emperor Joseph ) . He died at Azad in 1775 ...
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