Description: Further DetailsTitle: `Gratefull to Providence': The Diary and Accounts of Matthew Flinders, Surgeon, Apothecary and Man-Midwife, 1775-1802Condition: NewEAN: 9780901503596ISBN: 9780901503596Publisher: Lincoln Record SocietyFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 10/18/2007Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmContributor: Martyn Beardsley (Edited by), Nicholas Bennett (Edited by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Volume I: 1775-1784ISBN-10: 0901503592Description: Diaries and account books provide rich evidence for daily life at the time - and the early years of Matthew Flinders, credited with naming Australia.Matthew Flinders, surgeon and apothecary of Donington, in south Lincolnshire, in the late eighteenth century, was the father of the Matthew Flinders, sailor, navigator and explorer, and one of the central figures in the early history of the Australian nation. His diaries, published here in full for the first time, reveal a wealth of detail about the home, the family and the village in which the future explorer grew up. The daily routine of business, socialising with neighbours, unusual events such as the beaching of a whale near Boston, or the visit to Donington of Mr Powell the famous fire-eater are recorded alongside family joys and sorrows, the births and deaths of children, thepassing of Flinders's beloved wife Susanna and his subsequent remarriage. The childhood and schooling of Matthew junior are a recurring theme, and the purchase of a two volume edition of Robinson Crusoe in 1782 gives a hint of things to come, though as the diaries reveal, his later career was a radical diversion from the original plan for him to follow in his father's path.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: MedicineBook Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record SocietyAuthor: Martyn BeardsleyTopic: BiographyItem Weight: 498gRelease Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Title: `Gratefull to Providence': The Diary and Accounts of Matthew Flin
EAN: 9780901503596
ISBN: 9780901503596
Release Date: 10/18/2007
Release Year: 2007
Contributor: Nicholas Bennett (Edited by)
Subtitle: Volume I: 1775-1784
ISBN-10: 0901503592
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Medicine
Topic: Biography
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Gratefull to Providence Vol. 1 : The Diary and Accounts of Matthew Flinders, Surgeon, Apothecary and Man-Midwife, 1775-1802
Publisher: Lincoln Record Society
Subject: Personal Memoirs
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2007
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Nicholas Bennett, Martyn Beardsley
Item Width: 6.4 in
Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society Ser.
Format: Hardcover
