The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--, Volume 2, Part 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - Biography |
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... death of Bonami , promoted to be librarian to the city of Paris ; an office which he continued to fill till the library was presented by the city to the Institute . His appointment of historiographer to the city of Paris appears to have ...
... death of Bonami , promoted to be librarian to the city of Paris ; an office which he continued to fill till the library was presented by the city to the Institute . His appointment of historiographer to the city of Paris appears to have ...
Page 446
... death . He was nomi- nated a member of the second class of the Institute , in fact a revival of the Académie des Inscriptions , and immediately resumed the investigations which the revolution had interrupted . He also resumed the ...
... death . He was nomi- nated a member of the second class of the Institute , in fact a revival of the Académie des Inscriptions , and immediately resumed the investigations which the revolution had interrupted . He also resumed the ...
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... death upon the discovery of the plot , about B. C. 264 . W. A. G. AMERBACH , BASIL , a son of Boni- face Amerbach , was born at Basil in 1534 , studied jurisprudence at that city and at Bologna , and on his return to Switzerland in 1562 ...
... death upon the discovery of the plot , about B. C. 264 . W. A. G. AMERBACH , BASIL , a son of Boni- face Amerbach , was born at Basil in 1534 , studied jurisprudence at that city and at Bologna , and on his return to Switzerland in 1562 ...
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... death , succeeded to her bed and to the princedom . Amleth , afraid of sharing his father's fate , counterfeited madness , and Saxo relates a number of stories to show with what remarkable sagacity he gave his speeches and actions the ...
... death , succeeded to her bed and to the princedom . Amleth , afraid of sharing his father's fate , counterfeited madness , and Saxo relates a number of stories to show with what remarkable sagacity he gave his speeches and actions the ...
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... death in 1742. An extensive library of botanical works , which he had collected , was purchased after his death , and incorporated with that of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences . J. Amman's chief work was Stirpium rariorum in Imperio ...
... death in 1742. An extensive library of botanical works , which he had collected , was purchased after his death , and incorporated with that of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences . J. Amman's chief work was Stirpium rariorum in Imperio ...
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