{"product_id":"reminiscences-of-the-university-town-and-county-of-cambridge-from-the-year-1780-paperback-9781108044462","title":"Reminiscences of the University, Town and County of Cambridge, from the Year 1780 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044462","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReminiscences of the University, Town and County of Cambridge, from the Year 1780\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGunning's long connection with Cambridge provided plenty of anecdotal material for this two-volume work, published posthumously in 1854.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHenry Gunning (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044462, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHenry Gunning (1768–1854) was a Bedell at the University of Cambridge for over sixty years, and in this capacity attended on the Vice-Chancellor at official ceremonies and published the results of votes held in the Senate House. This two-volume work, written shortly before his death, and published posthumously in 1854, was controversial. News of its publication caused consternation about what he might say, and senior members of the University are noticeably absent from the subscription list. Gunning had been active in town politics as well as university affairs, and, though he includes amusing and perhaps embarrassing anecdotes about Cambridge figures, he is not malicious. He makes it clear that Cambridge was at a low point academically when he arrived as a student, but he lived to see the beginnings of reform in the Victorian period. Volume 1 deals with his life from 1784 to 1794, when he became a Bedell.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of subscribers\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. To 1785. Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1786. Return to college\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1787. Return to college\u003cbr\u003e 4. 1788. Admitted to my degree\u003cbr\u003e 5. 1789. Address from the University on the King's recovery\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1790. General election\u003cbr\u003e 7. 1791. Whaley Armitage\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1792. Election of Jacksonian Professor\u003cbr\u003e 9. 1793. Trial of Mr. Frend\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1794. Census of the town taken.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266076692760,"sku":"9781108044462","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044462i_5e11520c-244d-4f46-a443-2fa27affbd48.jpg?v=1696746646","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reminiscences-of-the-university-town-and-county-of-cambridge-from-the-year-1780-paperback-9781108044462","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}