Matthew Sangster
Matthew Sangster is a Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Material Culture at the University of Glasgow.
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Conceptions of Knowledge in William Hunter’s Library
Matthew Sangster
Description: William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum
William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum
As systems of knowledge and value have shifted over the two hundred years since William Hunter’s collection became a public museum, his varied acquisitions have waxed and waned in their perceived significance. This is particularly true of his library of over ten thousand printed volumes and about six hundred and...
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Matthew Sangster
PublisherYale Center for British Art
Copyright© 2018 Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.91-107
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00250.005
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21203
Chapter subject tags:Private librariesScientific literatureHuman anatomy--Study and teachingLectures and lecturing