Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus: with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History — John Shaqi
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus: with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural HistoryMacGillivray, William
Philosophy
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus: with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History
MacGillivray, William
Zoologists
Hortus Uplandicus--Florula Lapponica--Systema
Naturae--Hypothesis Nova de Febrium Intermittentium
Causa--Fundamenta Botanica--Bibliotheca Botanica--Musa
Cliffortiana--Genera Plantarum--Viridarium
Cliffortianum--Caroli Linnaei Corollarium Generum
Plantarum--Flora Lapponica--Hortus Cliffortianus--Critica
Botanica--Petri Artedi, Sueci Medici, Ichthyologia--Classes
Plantarum, seu Systema Plantarum--Oratio de Memorabilibus
in Insectis--Orbis Eruditi Judicium de C. Linnaei
Scriptis--Oratio de Peregrinationum intra Patriam
Necessitate--Oratio de Tellurus Habitabilis
Incremento--Flora Suecica--Animalia Sueciae--Oelaendska och
Gothlaendska Resa--Fauna Sueciae Regni--Flora
Zeylanica--Waestgoetha Resa--Hortus Upsaliensis--Materia
Medica Regni Vegetabilis--Materia Medica Regni
Animalis--Skaenska Resa--Philosophia Botanica--Materia Medica
Regni Lapidei--Species Plantarum--Museum Tessinianum--Museum
Regis Adolphi Suecorum--Frederici Hasselquist Iter
Palestinum--Petri Loeflingii Iter Hispanicum--Oratio
Regia--Disquisitio Quaestionis, ab Acad. Imper. Scientiarum
Petropolitanae, in annum 1759 pro Praemio, Propositae--Genera
Morborum--Museum Reginae Louisae Ulricae--Clavis Medica
Duplex--Mantissa Plantarum--Mantissa Plantarum
altera--Deliciae Naturae--Essays printed in the Transactions
of the Academies of Upsal and Stockholm, 375
SECTION XIII.
A BRIEF NOTICE OF LINNAEUS'S SON.
Unnatural Conduct of the Mother of the Younger Linnaeus--His
Birth and Education--In his eighteenth Year he is appointed
Demonstrator of Botany, and, three Years after, Conjunct
Professor of Natural History--He visits England, France,
Holland, Germany, and Denmark--On returning engages in the
Discharge of his Duties; but at Stockholm is seized with
Fever, which ends in Apoplexy, by which he is carried
off--His Character and Funeral, 386
LIVES
OF
EMINENT ZOOLOGISTS.
_Introduction._
Remarks on the Estimation in which Natural History is held
at the present Day, and on its Importance--Men are more
conversant with Nature in uncivilized Life--The original
State of Man, and his progressive Acquisition of
Knowledge--General View of the Objects of Natural History:
the Earth's Surface and Structure, the Ocean, the
Atmosphere, Plants, and Animals--Definition of Mineralogy,
Botany, and Zoology--Sketch of the Progress of Zoology: four
Eras distinguished, as marked by the Names of Aristotle,
Pliny, Linnaeus, and Cuvier.
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