Athenae Cantabrigienses: Volume 1, 1500 1585 (Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge)
The Athenae Cantabrigienses was the most ambitious of several large writing projects undertaken by Charles Henry Cooper, a keen historian, successful lawyer and town clerk of Cambridge in the mid-nineteenth century. He enlisted the help of his elder son, Thompson Cooper, for this book, a collection of carefully researched biographies of distinguished figures with Cambridge connections, inspired by Anthony Wood's Athenae Oxonienses (1692). Two volumes were published during Cooper Senior's lifetime, but only 60 pages of the third volume (ending in 1611) appeared in print, and he died leaving an enormous quantity of notes. Even in its incomplete state, the work contains about seven thousand biographies; their subjects include clergymen, military commanders, judges, artists, scholars and benefactors of the University. Volume 1, published in 1858, covers the period 1500-1585. This reissue also includes the original prospectus for the project, which was financed by private subscription.
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Book Description:
The monumental Athenae Cantabrigienses is a collection of biographies of distinguished historical figures with connections to Cambridge University. It was compiled by a noted local historian, and financed by private subscriptions. Volume 1 covers the period 1500-1585, and first appeared in 1858. This reissue also contains the original prospectus.
About the Author:
T Cooper's debut novel Some of the Parts, was a B&N Discover Program selection and a Quality Paperback Book Club pick. Her work has appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, the Believer, and The Future Dictionary of America (McSweeney's Books). Her second novel, Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes is forthcoming from Penguin/Plume. T lives in New York City.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0511700946
- ISBN 13 9780511700941
- BindingPrinted Access Code
- EditorCooper Charles Henry, Cooper T
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