The Varieties of Human Greatness. A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Hon. Nathaniel Bowditch LL.D. F.R.S. delivered in the Church on Church Green, March 25, 1838

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120pp., paperback, with 1 wood engraving view. A good reading copy. EXTREMELY RARE 186 year-old-book. Alexander Young’s discourse provides a comprehensive account of the life and character of Nathaniel Bowditch, a prominent American mathematician, and scientist. The speaker pays tribute to Bowditch’s skills as a mariner and navigator and his unmatched intellectual accomplishments. This discourse provides readers with an insight into the life and accomplishments of a man who contributed to the study of mathematics and science in America. making it a must-read for science and history enthusiasts. Alexander Young was a Unitarian minister and an antiquarian. Among others, he published the “Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay from 1623 to 1636” and a number of eulogies on well-known Boston citizens. [amazon.com].