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Dionysius Lardner FRS FRSE (3 April 1793 – 29 April 1859) was an Irish scientific writer who popularised science and technology, and edited the 133-volume Cabinet Cyclopædia.
Dionysius Lardner (1793-1859) was a brilliant lecturer and prolific popularizer of science who made a handsome living from his public lectures on scientific subjects.
Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault / ˈ d aɪ ˌ ɒ n ˈ b uː s ɪ ˌ k oʊ / (né Boursiquot; 26 December 1820 – 18 September 1890) was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most successful actor ...
Jan 1, 2018 · Scientific popularizer and railway economist, Lardner was born in Dublin on 3 April 1793 and died on 29 April 1859. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, between 1817 and 1827 and is probably best known for his Cabinet Cyclopaedia of 133 volumes, published between 1829 and 1849.
- Robert B. Ekelund
Reverend Dr. Dionysius Lardner, a science lecturer at University College London, started the Cabinet Cyclopaedia in 1827 or 1828. The authors who contributed to the volumes spanned the political spectrum and included many luminaries of the day.
Dionysius Lardner (1793–1859) a summary of his Bloomsbury connections. He was the most exotic, and one of the most troublesome, of the first Professors appointed to the new University of London (later University College London) when it started recruiting in 1827.
Rev. Dionysius Lardner, 1793-1859. Dublin-born engineer, mathematician, scientist, popularizer of science and proto-marginalist. Dionysius Lardner had an LL.D. from Trinity College Dublin and was an ordained priest of the Anglican Church of Ireland.
