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The notorious Sir John Hill : the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity
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The notorious Sir John Hill : the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity

G. S. Rousseau

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"Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. "--T.p. verso.

Contents

The mountebank's road out
Amidst the trees in Sussex
Apothecary Hill, almost FRS
Deranged by disappointment
Three strikes in revenge
Man of letters
Puffing "Inspector Hill"
The "lion" at the Bedford
Riot in Ranelagh
Hill and the "fame machine"
Canning and marriage
Philosophy and botany
Botany and Bute
Hill and Linnaeus
The theatre too
Annus mirabilis 1758-59
The final blow
Knighthood and death
Lady Hill persists
Forgotten Hill
Afterword: on the trail of John Hill.

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