| Main Title: |
Fellowship of three : the lives and association of John Hunter (1728-1793) the surgeon, James Cook (1728-1779) the navigator and Joseph Banks (1743-1820) the naturalist / A.W. Beasley. |
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| Author: |
Beasley, A.W. (Arthur Wynyard), 1926-
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| Imprint: |
Kenthurst, NSW : Kangaroo Press, 1993. |
| Collation: |
ill., portraits, notes, index, hbk ; 25 cm. 80 p. : |
| Subject: |
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.
Cook, James, Captain, 1728-1779
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
Royal Society, Great Britain.
Doctors
European exploration and explorers
Botany and botanists
Biography
England
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| ISBN: |
0864175426 |
| Notes: |
History which draws parallels between the careers of three notable eighteenth-century figures: John Hunter, the founder of scientific surgery; James Cook, born in the same year; and Joseph Banks, 15 years their junior. Includes family trees, a chronology, annotated references, a bibliographical note and an index. The author is an orthopaedic surgeon.
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