The Journals of Walter White: Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

by Walter White

Book Overview

Although he left school at fourteen to work as an upholsterer and cabinet-maker, Walter White (1811-93) would spend forty years working in the library of the Royal Society. White was mostly self-taught, a voracious reader who also learnt German, French, and Latin, and a diligent attender at lectures and other events offering self-improvement. After a brief emigration to the United States, he returned to Britain in 1839, and was offered a post as 'attendant'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108045138
• ISBN13: 9781108045131
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"