Buch, Englisch, 510 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 871 g
Buch, Englisch, 510 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 871 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Education
ISBN: 978-1-108-04746-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford, was known for his significant mechanical inventions. He was a Member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, where he exchanged ideas with other scientists, including James Watt. However, Edgeworth was also greatly interested in education: drawing on his own experiences of raising twenty children (by his four wives), in 1788 he published, with his daughter, the poet Maria Edgeworth, his famous two-volume Practical Education (also reissued in this series). The work was very influential, and led to this book, published in 1809, a series of essays on professional education (again written in co-operation with Maria), dealing with the nature of different occupations in a state. He discusses education for the professions, including the Church, the Army and the Law, but also refers to the education of statesmen, gentlemen and even princes.
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Advertisement to the reader; 1. On the choice of a profession; 2. On the clerical profession; 3. On the military and naval professions; 4. On the medical profession; 5. On the education of country gentlemen; 6. On the profession of the Law; 7. On the education of statesmen; 8. On the education of a prince; Appendix; Index.
