<p>As a 37-year old assistant to an Atomic Energy Commissioner in 1951, at the outset of a public career already spanning four decades, Gerard Smith journeyed to Eniwetok to witness an atmospheric nuclear test. He later characterized the experience as 'having a look at Hell.' He has dedicated his career to the cause of enhancing understanding of the risks posed by nuclear weapons and to seeking practical, non-utopian measures to limit these risks. In this volume an extraordinary group of similarly committed men reflect upon their joint endeavors to foster nuclear understanding and restraint. The contributors are uniformly conscious of the incompleteness of their task but united in their belief that the quest must continue. The historical insights and personal anecdotes that they record bear compelling witness to the intelligence, integrity, moral gravity and steadfastness of Gerard Smith.</p>

Gerard C. Smith

Owen, Henry

Smith, John Thomas

Smith, Gerard C.

Biographies & Memoirs

University Press of America

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Vagabondiana;: Or, Anecdotes of mendicant wanderers through the streets of London, with portraits of the most remarkable drawn from the life

History

Europe

Sherwin & Freutel

Nollekens and His Times: Comprehending a Life of That Celebrated Sculptor

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Nollekens And His Times V1: Comprehending A Life Of That Celebrated Sculptor (1829)

Kessinger Publishing

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Literary

Kessinger Pub

Remarks On A Gold Currency For India: And Proposal Of Measures For The Introduction Of The British Sovereign (1868)

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Industries

The sculptor Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823) was famed for his portrait busts of leading figures of his day. While working in Italy in the 1760s, he established contacts among a group of aristocratic British patrons, going on to become London's most fashionable sculptor upon his return to England in 1771. The draughtsman and antiquary John Thomas Smith (1766-1833) had been at one time a pupil of Nollekens. It is believed that this anecdotal two-volume biography, first published in 1828, was written as an act of revenge. Having been promised a considerable legacy in the sculptor's will, Smith was disappointed to receive only an executor's fee. The work contains little analysis concerning the sculptor's art, relating instead much gossip and anecdotes of a personal nature. Nonetheless, it presents a vivid picture of the London art world at that time. Volume 1 concentrates on aspects of Nollekens' character, habits and opinions.

Nollekens and his Times: Comprehending A Life Of That Celebrated Sculptor, And Memoirs Of Several Contemporary Artists (Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture) (Volume 1)

Cambridge University Press

The sculptor Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823) was famed for his portrait busts of leading figures of his day. While working in Italy in the 1760s, he established contacts among a group of aristocratic British patrons, going on to become London's most fashionable sculptor upon his return to England in 1771. The draughtsman and antiquary John Thomas Smith (1766-1833) had been at one time a pupil of Nollekens. It is believed that this anecdotal two-volume biography, first published in 1828, was written as an act of revenge. Having been promised a considerable legacy in the sculptor's will, Smith was disappointed to receive only an executor's fee. The work contains little analysis concerning the sculptor's art, relating instead much gossip and anecdotes of a personal nature. Nonetheless, it presents a vivid picture of the London art world at that time. Volume 2 covers the infamous will and provides biographical sketches of Nollekens' contemporaries.

Nollekens and his Times: Comprehending a Life of that Celebrated Sculptor, and Memoirs of Several Contemporary Artists (Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture) (Volume 2)

Nollekens and his Times

GOSSE, EDMUND

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Nollekens and His Times

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