Dr. John Moore, 1729–1802

A Life in Medicine, Travel, and Revolution

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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This book is the first biography of Scottish-born physician John Moore. Here, Henry L. Fulton recounts Moore’s childhood, education, and medical training in Glasgow and abroad; discusses his marriage, family, and friendships (particularly with Tobias Smollett); and depicts his professional practice in the north. The narrative uncovers Moore’s transformative experience accompanying a young nobleman on the Grand Tour through Europe and provides a detailed account of the journey's highlights and difficulties. When Moore returns, he moves his family to London to begin a second career in literature and to acquire patronage for his sons’ professions. In this biography Fulton covers not only Moore’s publications but also discusses his circle of friends among nobility, politicians, artists, and others. Also discussed is Moore’s involvement in the French Revolution, his correspondence with Robert Burns, and his strained family relationships. Additionally presented here is new information regarding Moore’s finances drawn from archival records in Glasgow and Edinburgh and his bank ledgers in London.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-12-24
Mått163 x 237 x 55 mm
Vikt1 393 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor810
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781611494938

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsNote on Quotations and CitationsList of IllustrationsChapter 1: The Reverend Charles MooreChapter 2: The SaltmarketChapter 3: Medical Training, GlasgowChapter 4: Flanders, London, and ParisChapter 5: EstablishmentChapter 6: PracticeChapter 7: Family and FriendshipsChapter 8: The Hamilton CauseChapter 9: GenevaChapter 10: Germany and AustriaChapter 11: ItalyChapter 12: Clarges StreetChapter 13: Clifford StreetChapter 14: PatronageChapter 15: ZelucoChapter 16: Parliamentary WatchChapter 17: Paris, 1792Chapter 18: Reflections on the RevolutionChapter 19: The War YearsChapter 20: RichmondChapter 21: DeathBibliography

Nominally, a biography attempts to provide an account of a particular chosen life. However, in adroit hands it can also illumine the surroundings of its subject, detailing a life lived within the wider contexts of a vibrant and vital world. Such an example may be found in Henry L Fulton’s book: as well as describing John Moore from cradle to grave, it provides an in-depth and fascinating portrait of the multifarious spheres – professional, personal, cultural, political – Moore inhabited. . . .This book, substantial and substantive, will stand as the definitive version on its subject for many decades. . . .[I]n the biography of John Moore, the richness and variety of a life lived through a wide variety of intellectual and cultural pursuits is demonstrated. Henry L Fulton should be commended in producing not only a work of considerable scholarly learning, but also for providing a readable account of this heterogeneous and fascinating figure.