Modern Methuselahs, or, Short biographical sketches of a few advanced nonagenarians or actual centenarians who were distinguished in art, science, literature, or philanthropy, Also, brief notices of some individuals remarkable chiefly for their longevity / by John Burn Bailey ; with an introductory chapter in "long-lasting".
- Bailey, John Burn.
- Date:
- 1888
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Chapman and Hall, limited, 1888.
Physical description
xii, 400 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Introduction.--"Long-lasting"--St. Anthony the Great.--Joannes Cantacuzenus, emperor of the East.--George Gemisthus Pletho.--Luigi Cornaro.--Titian.--Fontenelle.--Thomas Amory.--A group of far-advanced nonagenarians.--Eva Maria Garrick.--Caroline Lucretia Herschel.--Mary Somerville.--Sir Moses Montefiore.--Martin Joseph Routh.--Mr. Thomas' investigated case of centenarianism.--A group of unquestionable centenarians.--A few recent and probable cases of centenarianism.--Conclusion.
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- Longevity
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356.
- Cantacuzenus, Joannes.
- Pletho, George Gemisthus.
- Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566.
- Titian, approximately 1488-1576.
- Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de.
- Amory, Thomas.
- Garrick, Eva Maria.
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia.
- Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872.
- Montefiore, Moses, Sir, 1784-1885.
- Routh, Martin Joseph.
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