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John Woodward; ‘A Droll Sort of Philosopher’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Roy Porter
Roy Porter
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Churchill College, Cambridge
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[The following is the text of a lecture delivered in Cambridge on 19 October 1978 to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Woodwardian Chair.]

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Geological Magazine , Volume 116 , Issue 5 , September 1979, pp. 335 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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