Matthew Maty MD, FRS (1718-76) and Science at the Foundation of the British Museum, 1753-80 |
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... patronage In the eighteenth century any young man without social connections who aspired to a position in society depended on patronage , and Maty was no exception . The opinion has always been that Maty was the recipient of favours ...
... patronage In the eighteenth century any young man without social connections who aspired to a position in society depended on patronage , and Maty was no exception . The opinion has always been that Maty was the recipient of favours ...
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... patronage to Maty's ambitions , than Lord Hardwicke , the Lord Chancellor , doubtless prompted by Thomas Birch . But Maty was never neglectful of what Chesterfield had done at the start of his life in England or failed to take the ...
... patronage to Maty's ambitions , than Lord Hardwicke , the Lord Chancellor , doubtless prompted by Thomas Birch . But Maty was never neglectful of what Chesterfield had done at the start of his life in England or failed to take the ...
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... patronage . When Lord Chesterfield had ceased to be his patron the verses dedicated to his lordship were assigned to Lord Hardwicke ; a strange faux pas for a man of Maty's experience . In the matter of the Memorial to Birch , Lord ...
... patronage . When Lord Chesterfield had ceased to be his patron the verses dedicated to his lordship were assigned to Lord Hardwicke ; a strange faux pas for a man of Maty's experience . In the matter of the Memorial to Birch , Lord ...
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