Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon
Standard Name: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc,,, comte de
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1749: The philosophe Buffon began publishing his...
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1749
The philosophe Buffon
began publishing his Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, one of the great Enlightenment collaborative projects for the advancement of learning.
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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28 May 1777: William Robertson published at London and...
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28 May 1777
William Robertson
published at London and Edinburgh his History of America, which is in effect a history of European colonization.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
By July 1777: William Russell published his History of...
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By July 1777
William Russell
published his History of America in two volumes at London. The date on the title page reads 1778.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
44 (1777): 49-61
1780: Man of letters William Smellie published...
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1780
Man of letters William Smellie
published an English translation of Buffon
's famous Natural History.
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