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12 janvier 2022
- doi: 10.4000/books.pur.154492
- isbn: 9782753559134
- eisbn: 9782753585256
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Andre Wakefield, « Beckmann in Göttingen », Presses universitaires de Rennes, ID : 10.4000/books.pur.154492
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The Wikipedia entry for Johann Beckmann includes the following language: “[i]n 1766 he was appointed extraordinary professor of philosophy at Göttingen. There he lectured on political and domestic economy, and in 1768 he founded a botanic garden on the principles of Linnaeus. Such was his success that in 1770 he was appointed ordinary professor”. I am not a Wikipedia basher. I generally find it pretty reliable. But that’s not the case here; almost everything in this account is either wrong or...