The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 3Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1903 |
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... The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the universities of Yale and Edinburgh . Bowdoin College in Brunswick , Me . , was named in his honor . He wrote a poetical paraphrase of Dodsley's ' Economy of Human Life ' ( 1759 ) ...
... The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the universities of Yale and Edinburgh . Bowdoin College in Brunswick , Me . , was named in his honor . He wrote a poetical paraphrase of Dodsley's ' Economy of Human Life ' ( 1759 ) ...
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