 man of cultivated tastes, a lover of books, particularly of those relating to the history of America. He was one of the first to recognize the importance of the comparative study of American colonial law.  The Charlemagne Tower Collection of American Colonial Laws - Pagina 16door Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Library, Charlemagne Tower, Charles Riché Hildeburn, Historical Society of Pennsylvania - 1890 - 298 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1893 - 464 pagina’s
...Philadelphia. His attention was called to his ancestry when he was a student at Harvard College, in 1830. He was a " man of cultivated tastes, a lover of books,...colonial law." His unrivalled collection on this subject, begun when he was about forty years old, continned till his death, to receive rare and valuable accessions.... | |
 | 1896 - 690 pagina’s
...Philadelphia. His attention was called to his ancestry when he was a student at Harvard College, in 1830. He was a " man of cultivated tastes, a lover of books,...relating to the history of America. He was one of the flrst to recognize the importance of the comparative study of American colonial law." His unrivalled... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 464 pagina’s
...oath of office to President Washington at his first inauguration, in New York city, April 3oth, 1789. He was one of the first to recognize the importance of the idea of applying steam to navigation, and he materially assisted Fulton in launching the first steamboat.... | |
 | V.C. Medvei - 1993 - 582 pagina’s
...however, he was appointed successor to Sir William Osier, as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford. He was one of the first to recognize the importance of the science of biochemistry for medicine. Finally, the discovery of the ABO blood group system by Karl... | |
 | Nehgs, New-England Historic - 1998 - 648 pagina’s
...Philadelphia. His attention was called to his ancestry when he was a student at Harvard College, in 1830. He was a " man of cultivated tastes, a lover of books,...colonial law." His unrivalled collection on this subject, begun when he was about forty years old, continued till his death, to receive rare and valuable accessions.... | |
 | Walter Laqueur - 2011 - 285 pagina’s
...deed could be regarded as effective in sowing confusion among the rulers and mobilizing the masses. He was one of the first to recognize the importance of the media: with modern means of communication, terrorist actions would immediately be known all over the... | |
 | G. Brent Dalrymple - 2004 - 266 pagina’s
...Maillet's basis for calculating the age of Earth from declining sea level is invalid. Nevertheless, he was one of the first to recognize the importance of the slow operation of natural processes over vast periods of time in forming Earth's rocks and shaping... | |
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