Author: BURDON R M
Title: Scholar Errant a biography of Professor A W Bickerton
Description: Christchurch, Pegasus. 1956, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) first edition, VG in VG dust jacket with some wear to extremities and minor chipping to dust jacket spine ends, two form,er owner names to fep, includes many newspaper cuttings and photocopied peices about Professor Bickerton and his house, 149 pp + b&w frontis. Professor Bickerton of Canterbury College, New Zealand (later University of Canterbury), an unorthodox and unconventional settler to early New Zealand. Teacher of Ernest Rutherford in chemistry and physics. Obsessed by his 'Partial Impact' theory. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: New Zealand Christchurch Education University Canterbury Canterbury College Eccentric Ernest Rutherford


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