The Enlightened Mr. Parkinson: The Pioneering Life of a Forgotten Surgeon

by Cherry Lewis

Book Overview

The story of this remarkable man's contributions to the Age of the Enlightenment is told through his three seemingly disparate passions: medicine, politics and fossils. As a political radical, Parkinson was interrogated over a plot to kill King George III and was in danger of exile. But simultaneously, he was helping Edward Jenner set up smallpox vaccination stations across London and writing the first scientific study of fossils in English, jump-starting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681774542
• ISBN13: 9781681774541
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"