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(1764–1831),
as president of the Royal College of Surgeons, one of the most influential men in the medical
abolitionism Reference library
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a slippery term covering both the movement for the abolition of the slave trade, achieved by an Act of Parliament
Ackermann, Rudolph (1764–1834) Reference library
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(1764–1834),
publisher and bookseller. Born in Saxony, Ackermann moved to London in the 1780s, where, after a
Act of Union Reference library
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the Act of Parliament of 1800 which dissolved the old independent Irish parliament of 1782 and integrated Ireland constitutionally with
Adam, Robert (1728–92) Reference library
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(1728–92),
architect and designer. Pre-eminent designer of town and country residences for the nation's élite, Adam developed
advertising Reference library
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The commercialization of British society was manifested in and sustained by an expanding advertising industry which assumed its modern shape
agrarianism Reference library
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loosely termed ‘back to the land’, was a defining characteristic of popular radicalism. Some agrarians, like Thomas *Spence, called
agricultural revolution Reference library
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is a contested historical term designed to denote a transformation in agricultural output and *agrarian practice, chiefly in England, between
Aikin family Reference library
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John (1747–1822), Arthur (1773–1854), and Lucy (1781–1864), together with John's sister, Anna Laetitia *Barbauld
allegory Reference library
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S. T. *Coleridge provides the paradigmatic instance of the Romantic rejection, at the level of *literary theory [41], of
Allen, William (1770–1843) Reference library
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(1770–1843),
scientist and *philanthropist. Born into a *Quaker family of manufacturers, Allen trained as a *chemist,
almanacs Reference library
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were calendars, either book or broadsheet, many of which included *astrological predictions as part of their overview of the year
American Revolution Reference library
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From the British perspective, the American Revolution (1775–83) began as a rebellion, continued as a civil war, and
Amiens, Peace of Reference library
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between Britain and France, was signed on 25 March 1802 and lasted until hostilities were renewed in May 1803.
Anatomy Act Reference library
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of 1832, enabling the unclaimed bodies of institutionalized paupers to be sold to anatomy schools for dissection. Traditionally, the
Anglicanism Reference library
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The term strictly applies to the system of belief and worship embraced by those in religious communion with the see
animal magnetism Reference library
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Often known in Europe as mesmerism, animal magnetism comprised a body of quasi-scientific—especially medical—doctrines and practices associated with the teachings
Anti-Jacobin review and newspaper Reference library
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The Anti-Jacobin Review was founded in 1798 to take the place of the short-lived Anti-Jacobin weekly *newspaper. The latter
Antiquarianism (Popular) Reference library
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Popular antiquarianism is the study of British national culture: of English, Welsh, Gaelic, and Irish as vernacular languages, and of
Architecture Reference library
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Between the mid-1770s and the mid-1830s, architecture in Britain flourished as hundreds of new buildings for government, industry, commerce, culture,
