The Notorious Sir John Hill

Download or read book The Notorious Sir John Hill written by George Rousseau and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of one of Georgian England’s most notorious figures, who thrived on scandal, fracas, and the cultivation of notoriety. Despite this he managed to make contributions to diverse fields, including botany, geology, literature, medicine and the professionalization of science, whose value has stood the test of time. Hill appears here in the company of other illuminati such as Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith, Christopher Smart, Linnaeus, Haller and the Fellows of the Royal Society.