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BIRKBECK, GEORGE (1776-1841)

BIRKBECK, See also:
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GEORGE (1776-1841) , See also:

ENGLISH

English physician and philanthropist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Settle in See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire on the loth of See also:

JANUARY

January 1776. He See also:

early evinced a strong predilection for scientific pursuits; and in 1799, after graduating as See also:

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

MEDICINE

medicine, he was appointed to the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of natural See also:

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at the Andersonian Institution of See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow. In the following See also:

YEAR

year he delivered, for the benefit of the working-classes, a gratuitous .course of scientific lectures, which were continued during the two following years and proved eminently successful. He removed to See also:

LONDON

London in 1804, and there he endeavoured to prosecute his philanthropic schemes, at first without much encouragement, but ultimately with marked success. In 1823 he contributed to found the See also:

MECHANICS

Mechanics' See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, the name of which was afterwards changed to Birkbeck Institution or See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of its founder. He was appointed director of the institute, which he had originally endowed with the sum of £3700, and held the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office till his See also:

DEATH

death on the 1st of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1841. The See also:

SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of usefulness of the institution was gradually enlarged, and an enlargement of the buildings was carried out in 1883-1885. The college now holds See also:

day and evening classes in many of the sciences, in literature, See also:

LANGUAGES

languages and See also:

art.

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