Cadwallader Colden : a biography
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Seymour I., 1928-2020, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Amherst, New York : Humanity Books, 2013
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Cadwallader Colden : a biography / Seymour I. Schwartz
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Colden, Cadwallader,1688-1776
Lieutenant governors--New York (State)--Biography
Intellectuals--United States--Biography
Scientists--United States--Biography
Royalists--United States--Biography
New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Biography
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Biography
New York (State)--Intellectual life--18th century
United States--Intellectual life--18th century
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Before Taking Root, 1688-1718 -- A New New Yorker, 1718-1728 -- A Country Gentleman Remains Focused on Colonial Concerns, 1729-1738 -- Concentrated Correspondence and Evolving Enlightenment, 1739-1748 -- Continuity and Change, 1749-1758 -- Political Peak and Reputational Nadir, 1759-1768 -- An Octogenarian, 1769-1776 -- Epilogue and Legacy.
- Summary:
- "The first complete biography of Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776), the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor of New York and a brilliant intellectual, multifaceted colonial Renaissance man, and consummate royalist ... [and] one of the most accomplished intellectual and political figures in the American colonies before the Revolution. As the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor of New York he was intimately involved in the tumultuous political life of the times. His History of the Five Indian Nations (1727) was the first English history of the Iroquois and a popular book both in the colonies and in Europe. Colden was also a trained physician. Though he never practiced, he significantly improved the public health of the colony. Furthermore, he was an internationally recognized botanist, the author of the first scientific paper published in the colonies, and an accomplished cartographer who published the first map in the colony of New York. A prolific letter writer, Colden corresponded with many of the major intellectuals of his day, including Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Johnson. In addition, he wrote extensively on a wide range of topics, including philosophy, history, the natural sciences, and mathematics. Why has this distinguished individual fallen into obscurity? As an ardent royalist he was the most vilified of the colonial leaders and was even burned in effigy. This well-researched and long-overdue biography tells the fascinating story of this multifaceted colonial Renaissance man"--
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 230 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990033810560302486
- ISBN:
- 9781616148539 (hardback)
1616148535 (hardback) - OCLC Number:
- 833046972
- Barcode:
- 010002720992
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