The Longevity of Man; Its Facts and Fictions; with a Prefatory Letter to Prof. Owen..on the Limits and Frequency of Exceptional Cases
by Thoms, William John
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About This Item
London: Norgate, 1879. Octavo. xxxii, 320 pages. The author was a legendary antiquary whose scholarship gave us the word "folklore". He wrote on the origins of the duties, privileges and ranks of nobility, and he was the friend as well as an influence on Charles Dickens and many of the accomplished writers and scholars in England. It was his econoclastic treatise here on Human Longevity which raised a storm since he challenged what many had believed as authentic ases of those who lived well beyond a hundred years. He said that they were extremely rare (though in the 21st century through medicine, it has become far more common.
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- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
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- Title
- The Longevity of Man; Its Facts and Fictions; with a Prefatory Letter to Prof. Owen..on the Limits and Frequency of Exceptional Cases
- Author
- Thoms, William John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Norgate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Longevity, Folklore and Longevity; Living Beyond 100 Years
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical; Anthropology;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...