Tag Archives: Grant Thorburn

Journals 4.4 – Men and Manners by Grant Thorburn (Part 4)

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Roger Pocock

This is the fourth part of my article on Grant Thorburn’s journal.  For the previous parts please see the earlier entries from 1st July,  5th July and 9th July 2015. At the Royal Society of Surgeons, Thorburn viewed the dissecting … Continue reading →

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Journals 4.3 – Men and Manners by Grant Thorburn (Part 3)

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Roger Pocock

This is the third part of my article on Grant Thorburn’s journal.  For the first and second parts please see the earlier entries from 1st July and 5th July 2015. Next on the agenda for Thorburn was an investigation into … Continue reading →

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Journals 4.2 – Man and Manners by Grant Thorburn (Part 2)

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Roger Pocock

This is the second part of my article on Grant Thorburn’s journal.  For the first part please see the earlier entry from 1st July 2015. On 9th October 1833, Grant Thorburn departed from New York in the ship George Washington. … Continue reading →

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Journals 4.1 – Men and Manners by Grant Thorburn (Part 1)

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Roger Pocock

John Galt (1779-1839) is widely considered to be the first political novelist in the English language. One of his books Lawrie Todd, or the Settlers in the Woods (1830) was based on the life of a real person. Lawrie Todd … Continue reading →

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