Fame and Fortune Sir John Hill and London Life in the 1750s /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brant, Clare (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rousseau, George (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; History.; Medicine-History.; Civilization-History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Science.; History of Medicine.; Cultural History.

This multi-disciplinary essay collection explores the controversial life and achievements of Sir John Hill (1714-1775), the prolific contributor to Georgian England's literature, medicine and science. By the time he died, he had been knighted by the Swedish monarch and become a household name a...