| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 274 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits |
| Contents |
Contents -- Illustrations -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1 Beginnings -- 2 From England to Newfoundland -- Summer Interlude I: First Explorations -- 3 The Holloway Era Begins -- 4 From Academy to College -- 5 A Time of Tragedy -- 6 From Crisis to Crisis -- Summer Interlude II: White Bay, Labrador, and the West Coast -- 7 And Still the Wonder Grew ... -- Summer Interlude III: Cruise of the Argo, Notre Dame Bay -- 8 School and Community: Blurring the Boundaries -- Summer Interlude IV: A Visit to Snook's Arm -- 9 The Work Continues |
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Summer Interlude V: Return to Labrador10 And So Farewell -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y |
| Summary |
Holloway was a scientist and innovative teacher who opened his classes to the public and kept up with current developments in science, demonstrating new discoveries in public lectures. For a time College Hall at Methodist College, later named Holloway School, was the site for the production of X-rays and their use for diagnosis and treatment by local doctors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Holloway, Robert Edwards, 1850-1904.
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| SUBJECT |
Holloway, Robert Edwards, 1850-1904 fast |
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Methodist College (St. John's, N.L.) -- Faculty -- Biography
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Methodist College (St. John's, N.L.) fast |
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College teachers -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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EDUCATION -- History.
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College teachers
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Universities and colleges -- Faculty
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Bildungswesen
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Professeurs (Enseignement superieur) -- Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador -- St. Johns's -- Biographies.
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's
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Labrador
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006373267 |
| ISBN |
9780773572584 |
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0773572589 |
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9786612863240 |
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6612863242 |
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