On the duration of life as affected by the pursuits of literature, science, and art : with a summary view of the duration of life among the upper and middle classes of society / by William A. Guy.

  • Guy, William A. (William Augustus), 1810-1885.
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[1859]
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    .V, M jn the Journal of the Statistical Society of London, September, 1859. •Tax'-. ... lJ$,i £ \ ,/ j '\OjLy n the Duration of Liee^s affected by the Pursuits of Lite- rature, Science, and Art : with a Summary View of the Duration of Life among the Upper and Middle Classes of Society. Dy William A. Gruv, M.B., Sf c., one of the Honorary Secretaries of the Statistical Society. [Eead before the Statistical Society, of London, 21st June, 1859.] EE series of communications on the Duration of Human Life nich the author of this paper has laid before the Society at fderent periods since the year 1845, have, with one exception, Hated to distinct and well-defined classes of society—to Sovereigns, i3 English aristocracy, and the English gentry, and to the members the three learned professions, clerical, legal, and medical. The ;per which forms the exception to the rule, is the one “On the aration of Life of the several Professions,” which appeared in the nth volume of the Society’s transactions. In that paper the less tdned classes known as “Literary Men,” or as “Literary and lentific Men,” were treated of jointly with the Army and Navy, 3 three learned professions, the professors of the fine arts, and rsons engaged in trade and commerce. Literary aud scientific m were, on that occasion, classed together, though “ Chambers’s . glish Literature ” was made to furnish the materials for a distinct •atment of the literary class. I now propose, b)r means of mate- Is obtained from the same sources as those used in former Essays, consider the Duration of Life of Literary Men, of Scientific in, and of Men engaged in the practice of the Fine Arts; and to ng this series of Essays to a close by presenting, in one summary, t Duration of Life in the upper and middle ranks of society. The present communication, then, will consist of five parts, nely, 1. The Duration of Life of Literary Men. 2. The Duration Life of Scientific Men. 3. The Duration of Life of the Pro- sors of the Fine Arts. 4. A comparison of these Three Classes ; 1 5. A Summary View of the Duration of Life in the upper and Idle ranks of Society.