Author:Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
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18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works
Joseph Priestley
Works[edit]
- The rudiments of English grammar, adapted to the use of schools (1761)
- A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar (1762)
- A Description of a Chart of Biography, 1764 (external scan)
- The History and Present State of Electricity (1767) vol 1, vol 2
- Essay on the First Principles of Government (1768)
- A familiar introduction to the theory and practice of perspective, 1770 (external scan)
- Essay on the First Principles of Government, 2nd Edition (1771) (transcription project)
- Institutes of natural and revealed religion (1772) vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
- An examination of Dr. Reid's Inquiry into the human mind on the principles of common sense (1774) (external scan)
- Experiments and observations on different kinds of air, 1775 vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
- Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind (1775)
- Disquisition Relating to Matter and Spirit (1777)
- A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism (1777)
- The doctrine of philosophical necessity illustrated (1777)
- A Free Discussion of Doctrines of Materialism and Philosophical Necessity (1778, co-authored with Richard Price)
- Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever (1780)
- A History of the Corruptions of Christianity (1782)
- Lectures on history, and general policy (1788)
- Letters to Burke (1791)
- Memoirs of Dr Joseph Priestley (1795)
- On the History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours
- The General History of the Christian Church
- The Harmony of the Evangelists in Greek
- An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Perspective
- The Doctrine of Phlogiston Established
Works about Priestley[edit]
- "Joseph Priestley" in Popular Science Monthly, 6 (November 1874)
- "Priestley, Joseph," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Priestly, Joseph," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Priestley, Joseph," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- “Priestley,” in Biographies of Scientific Men (1912)
- "Priestley, Joseph," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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