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Eric John Holmyard

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As a textbook author, he pioneered an approach to science teaching that included historical material. "His historicized science books were an enormous and long-term commercial success, with
352: 294:… Holmyard — the prolific writer of elementary textbooks — apparently met with no success in attracting him towards Chemistry; indeed, he chose quite firmly the Classics. 96:
at Clifton, but his personal influence on them as scientists was low (in Coulson's case, even negative). In contrast, he had a great impact on the future geneticist
310: 357: 251:"Fatal Mutilations: Educationism and the British Background to the 1931 International Congress for the History of Science and Technology" 197: 39: 100:, who followed in his footsteps by matriculating at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge. Holmyard also published a best seller, 250: 42:, and was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society. His scholarly work included rectification of accounts of the history of 223: 35: 114:
Kitab al-‘Ilm al-maktasab fi zira‘at adh-dhahab: Book of knowledge acquired concerning the cultivation of gold
51: 347: 342: 64: 273: 62:. Holmyard served as the founding editor of the scientific review and history of science journal 327: 265: 97: 93: 47: 23: 54:. He was responsible with D. C. Mandeville for the re-attribution of the alchemical text 290: 201: 177: 336: 277: 231: 89: 269: 235: 59: 43: 50:. He translated texts from Arabic and Latin, and wrote extensively on 156:
Ancestors of An Industry: The story of British scientific achievement
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by Abu 'l-Qasim Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-‘Iraqi (1923; translator)
80:(1925) alone selling half-a-million copies by 1960." 126:
Avicenna De congelatione et conglutinatione lapidum
134:(1928), with Richard Russell (1678 translator) 8: 26:, and historian of science and technology. 353:Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 140:by Thomas Norton (1929; facsimile, editor) 198:"Alchemy at Clifton College, Bristol, UK" 128:(1927; translator with D. C. Mandeville) 311:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 189: 7: 324:Works by or about Eric John Holmyard 228:Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi) 102:A Higher School Inorganic Chemistry 14: 46:, particularly in relation with 40:Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 120:Chemistry to the Time of Dalton 249:Mayer, A. K. (December 2002). 234:Public Library. Archived from 1: 358:British historians of science 176:(1954-8) five volumes, with 374: 270:10.1177/007327530204000404 104:, along with W.G. Palmer. 174:A History of Technology 16:English science teacher 36:Sexey's School, Bruton 238:on 20 February 2007. 78:Elementary Chemistry 34:Holmyard studied at 150:Makers of Chemistry 138:Ordinall of Alchemy 258:History of Science 222:Liukkonen, Petri. 162:British Scientists 144:The Great Chemists 132:The Works of Geber 20:Eric John Holmyard 365: 328:Internet Archive 296: 288: 282: 281: 255: 246: 240: 239: 219: 213: 212: 210: 209: 200:. Archived from 194: 108:Historical works 98:C. H. Waddington 58:to an origin in 373: 372: 368: 367: 366: 364: 363: 362: 333: 332: 320: 305: 300: 299: 289: 285: 253: 248: 247: 243: 221: 220: 216: 207: 205: 196: 195: 191: 186: 110: 94:Charles Coulson 88:He taught both 86: 74: 48:Islamic science 32: 24:Clifton College 17: 12: 11: 5: 371: 369: 361: 360: 355: 350: 345: 335: 334: 331: 330: 319: 318:External links 316: 315: 314: 304: 301: 298: 297: 283: 264:(4): 445–472. 241: 214: 188: 187: 185: 182: 181: 180: 178:Charles Singer 171: 165: 159: 153: 147: 141: 135: 129: 123: 117: 109: 106: 85: 82: 73: 70: 56:De Mineralibus 31: 28: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 370: 359: 356: 354: 351: 349: 346: 344: 341: 340: 338: 329: 325: 322: 321: 317: 313: 312: 308:Entry in the 307: 306: 302: 295: 291: 287: 284: 279: 275: 271: 267: 263: 259: 252: 245: 242: 237: 233: 229: 225: 218: 215: 204:on 2007-02-21 203: 199: 193: 190: 183: 179: 175: 172: 169: 166: 163: 160: 157: 154: 151: 148: 145: 142: 139: 136: 133: 130: 127: 124: 121: 118: 115: 112: 111: 107: 105: 103: 99: 95: 91: 83: 81: 79: 71: 69: 67: 66: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 29: 27: 25: 21: 309: 293: 286: 261: 257: 244: 236:the original 227: 217: 206:. Retrieved 202:the original 192: 173: 167: 161: 155: 149: 143: 137: 131: 125: 119: 113: 101: 87: 77: 75: 63: 55: 33: 19: 18: 348:1959 deaths 343:1891 births 232:Kuusankoski 230:. Finland: 90:Nevill Mott 337:Categories 303:References 224:"Avicenna" 208:2007-02-08 278:162156437 72:Textbooks 65:Endeavour 60:Avicenna 326:at the 168:Alchemy 84:Teacher 44:alchemy 30:Scholar 276:  170:(1957) 164:(1951) 158:(1950) 152:(1931) 146:(1929) 122:(1925) 38:, and 274:S2CID 254:(PDF) 184:Notes 52:Geber 92:and 266:doi 339:: 292:: 272:. 262:40 260:. 256:. 226:. 68:. 280:. 268:: 211:.

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Clifton College
Sexey's School, Bruton
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
alchemy
Islamic science
Geber
Avicenna
Endeavour
Nevill Mott
Charles Coulson
C. H. Waddington
Charles Singer
"Alchemy at Clifton College, Bristol, UK"
the original
"Avicenna"
Kuusankoski
the original
"Fatal Mutilations: Educationism and the British Background to the 1931 International Congress for the History of Science and Technology"
doi
10.1177/007327530204000404
S2CID
162156437

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Works by or about Eric John Holmyard
Internet Archive
Categories
1891 births
1959 deaths
Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

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