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Scholae Academicae

Some Account of the Studies at the English Universities in the 18th Century

Christopher Wordsworth author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:19th Apr '68

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First published in 1968. First available in 1877, this volume looks at how academic study, methods and customs in Oxford and Cambridge universities were conducted in the eighteenth century. Using memoirs, miscellaneous publications as well as educational resources and manuscripts it looks at the history and method of the old Cambridge test and examination for the Arts and Mathematics, the study of grammar, logic and rhetoric and the Classics and Moral Philosophy. Another section looks at elements of professional education- of that of Law at Oxford and Modern History, as well as Oriental Studies, Religion and elementary Physician education on physics, anatomy, chemistry, mineralogy and botany.

ISBN: 9780714614502

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 680g

448 pages