Thomas Baker (1656 1740) spent most of his long life at St John's College, Cambridge pursuing historical research. He was also an avid book collector, and bequeathed his valuable library to the college. His writings included a history of the college, which was edited by John Mayor and published in 1869. Volume 2, to which Mayor made a substantial contribution in his own right, is devoted to the Masters of the college between 1511 and 1840, and includes short biographies and anecdotes about their lives at Cambridge. It describes visits by royalty, disputes with the authorities, appeals against...
Thomas Baker (1656 1740) spent most of his long life at St John's College, Cambridge pursuing historical research. He was also an avid book collector,...
Thomas Baker (1656 1740) spent most of his long life at St John's College, Cambridge pursuing historical research. He was also an avid book collector, and bequeathed his valuable library to the college. His writings included a history of the college, which was edited by John Mayor and published in 1869. Volume 1 begins with an account of the founding of the college in 1511, and goes on to list donors and details of their endowments, and the first scholars of the college. It also contains information about ordinances, petitions, and important individuals. Baker's sources include written...
Thomas Baker (1656 1740) spent most of his long life at St John's College, Cambridge pursuing historical research. He was also an avid book collector,...
ECDL2000, the Fourth European Conference on Research and Advanced Te- nology for Digital Libraries, is being held this year in Lisbon, Portugal, following previous events in Pisa (1997), Heraklion (1998), and Paris (1999). One major goal of the ECDL conference series has been to draw information professionals, stakeholders, and user communities from both the research world and from - dustry into a discussion of the alternative technologies, policies, and scenarios for global digital libraries. The success of previous conferences makes them a hard act to follow. The eld of digital libraries...
ECDL2000, the Fourth European Conference on Research and Advanced Te- nology for Digital Libraries, is being held this year in Lisbon, Portugal, follo...
Who is Steve Pavlina? Is he the polymath he purports to be on his blog posts and in his book, or is he the "swindling knave" his opponents state he is? Is Pavlina an honest personal blogger, or are his posts driven by the desire to make money, at all costs? From his early years at a high school with an abusive priest to his later in life experiments with polyamory and BDSM, this biography reveals everything you want to know about the prolific personal development blogger.
Who is Steve Pavlina? Is he the polymath he purports to be on his blog posts and in his book, or is he the "swindling knave" his opponents state he is...
