Plagiarizing the Professor : Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 8, May/June 2011
Plagiarizing the Professor : Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 8, May/June 2011
Author
Jensen, William B.
Issue Date
2011-05-10
Item Type
Article
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Academic Department
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Subject
Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
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A tale of the two editions owned by the Oesper Collections of the classic early 18th-century chemistry textbook by the famous Dutch chemist, Herman Boerhaave, involving student plagiarism, law suits, and the famous British lexicographer Samuel Johnson.