John Hutchinson

Andy Mitchell

This is the story of the world's very first club dedicated to football, founded in Scotland in 1824. Football was played from medieval times in schools and villages throughout Britain and took on many forms before the Victorians embarked on the process of codification. There were attempts in the 1840s to write down rules at Rugby School, Eton College and Cambridge University. When footballers got together they formed organisations and a club was founded at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1854, while Scotland's oldest is now the Academical Football Club in Edinburgh, established in 1857. Sheffield, also dating from 1857, makes a strong claim to be the oldest existing club now playing association football. Yet to find the world's first football club one has to go back to 1824, when an Edinburgh student called John Hope established what he simply called The Foot-Ball Club. No other contemporary football clubs are known to have existed, but this one thrived for almost 17 years, giving an outlet for organised football to a generation of young sportsmen. The club's extraordinarily detailed records have survived intact, including membership lists, accounts, letters and personal reminiscences. Many of these priceless items are reproduced in the book. Thanks to this unique archive, we know the names of almost 300 men who played for the club. The founding members might have been expected to leave football behind when they left school but by persisting with their juvenile activities and continuing to play this vigorous contact sport into adulthood, they were ahead of their time. The authors show in this book that the Foot-Ball Club fitted perfectly into the vibrant sporting culture which existed among a particular social class in Edinburgh. The city already had a wide range of clubs and societies devoted to physical exercise: Edinburgh sportsmen had already formed the world's first archery club, first golf club and first gymnastic club; they had written the first rules for golf, bowls and curling, and presented the first trophies for golf and bowls. The Foot-Ball Club continued in the same pioneering spirit, and the club's members went on to have an indelible influence on the ongoing development of football, in all its forms, far beyond their time and place. They had an impact on the game's future progress by passing on their enthusiasm and experiences to their sons, younger brothers and relatives. This is the story of how Edinburgh can lay claim to a number of football 'world firsts': the first club (1824), first written rules (1833), first medal (1851), first inter-school match (1858) and first organised games for girls (1861). There were Edinburgh-educated men at the founding meeting of the Football Association in 1863, and the city hosted the first rugby international match in 1871, in which the Scotland team was captained by the son of a Foot-Ball Club member. In writing the definitive history of the Foot-Ball Club, John Hutchinson and Andy Mitchell reveal who the club members were, how they played and what motivated them. They have uncovered a fascinating picture of sport and society in the city of Edinburgh, the people who lived in it and their social networks. They also tell the life story of the club's energetic founder, John Hope, who remained a passionate advocate of football throughout his long life, and was also a controversial character in other fields - philanthropy, education, religion, politics and temperance - which will resonate with historians of the period.

John Hope and the Edinburgh Footballers: a Story of Sport, Education and Philanthropy

The World's First Football Club (1824)

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Ronald Melville

The Story of Plants and Their Uses to Man

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Hilma Af Klint

Sara Mels

Christiane Timmerman

Robert W Hefner

There has long been a debate about implications of globalization for the survival of the world of sovereign nation-states, and the role of nationalism as both an agent of and a response to globalization. In contrast, until recently there has been much less debate about the fate of religion. ‘Globalization’ has been viewed as part of the rationalization process, which has already relegated religion to the dustbin of history, just as it threatens the nation, as the world moves toward a cosmopolitan ethics and politics. The chapters in this book, however, make the case for the salience and resilience of religion, often in conjunction with nationalism, in the contemporary world in several ways. This book highlights the diverse ways in which religions first and foremost make use of the traditional power and communication channels available to them, like strategies of conversion, the preservation of traditional value systems, and the intertwining of religious and political power. Nevertheless, challenged by a more culturally and religiously diversified societies and by the growth of new religious sects, contemporary religions are also forced to let go of these well known strategies of preservation and formulate new ways of establishing their position in local contexts. This collection of essays by established and emerging scholars brings together theory-driven and empirically-based research and case-studies about the global and bottom-up strategies of religions and religious traditions in Europe and beyond to rethink their positions in their local communities and in the world.

The Local and the Global in Contemporary Faith Traditions

Religions in Movement

Recipient of the 1994 Turner Prize, Antony Gormley is an internationally acclaimed artist who has revitalized the human figure in sculpture. His public sculpture projects, such as the Angel of the North, have continued to grow in scale and ambition, as well as popularity. This book is published to coincide with a major solo exhibition of his work at SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico in November 2000, and on tour in the US in 2002.

Antony Gormley

Ernst Hans Gombrich

W. J. T. Mitchell

William J. Mitchell

Gormley Antony

Lela B. Njatin

An appreciation of the British artist who revitalized the human figure in sculpture.

British Wild Flowers

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Gaelic Revival and the Creation of the Irish Nation State

Dynamics of Cultural Nationalism

Glory or gravity, the mechanical or second part. An enquiry towards a construction, delineation, and description of the symbols of the system of this world ... which were inter al. given in writing by God to David, and from him to Solomon ... and set upon two supporters before the entry into the first temple of God built by Solomon

In Twelve Volumes. Vol. I. Moses's Principia, Part I. ... Vol. II. Moses's Principia, Part II. ... Vol. III. Moses's Sine Principio; Or, the Meaning of the Names and Titles of God; ... Vol. IV. The Confusion of Tongues, and Trinity of the Gentiles; ... Vol. V. Power Essential and Mechanical ... Vol. VI. Glory Or Gravity, Or Glory Essential; ... Vol. VII. The Hebrew Writings Perfect. ... Vol. VIII. Containing the Religion of Satan, Or Natural Religion; and the Data in Christianity, Part I. ... Vol. IX. The Data in Christianity, Part II. Vol. X. The Human Frame; ... Vol XI. Glory Mechanical; Or the Agents of Nature, ... Vol. XII. A Collection of Several Tracts. on the Instincts in the Several Orders of Creatures. ... With Indexes

The Philosophical and Theological Works of the Late Truly Learned John Hutchinson, Esq;

Thomas Hutchinson

From the First Settlement Thereof in 1628 Until Its Incorporation with the Colony of Plimouth [sic], Province of Main [sic], &c., by the Charter of King William and Queen Mary in 1691

“The” History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay

Herefordshire Biographies, Being a Record of Such of Natives of the County as Have Attained to More Than Local Celebrity, with Notices of Their Lives and Bibliographical References, Together with an Appendix Containing Notices of Some Other Celebrities, Intimately Connected with the County But Not Natives of it

Excerpt from Moses's Principia, Vol. 2: Part II; Of the Circulation of the Heavens, of the Cause of the Motion and Course of the Earth, Moon, &C., Of the Religion, Philosophy, and Emblems of the Heathens Before Moses Writ, and of the Jews After Enquiry, which without a new Genera tion {hall contain in itfelf the Caufe of its own Continuance As I am for te viving this Material Philofophy in Motion, 56. And am by and by to bring in the Addition of Senfe f0 far as that can go, and of comparing Revelation with the things' feen, and of drawing Deductions from either or both and as none of the prefent Philofophers were {0 much as the Inventors of the Words, they ufe for their imaginary Powers and as they may ftill have the Lone or Liberty of ufing the old Tables to ei'timate the comparative Velo city of each Globe, 69 c. To find out an Eclipfe, or 97. Or of telling us they im prove them; I can have no great Diffe rence with any of them who are in Being at prefent nor can I fall under the Dif pleafure of the Divines, fince thofe mo dern Authors who have meddled molt, and as fome tell me mof't learnedly with a few general Names of the Gods of the ancient Heathens and their Worfhip, and the Worfhip of God under the Mofaick Law, have made the Men upid, their Objee'ts firft living, and then dead Kings, thofe dead Kings Devils, whether real or. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Part II; Of the Circulation of the Heavens, of the Cause of the Motion and Course of the Earth, Moon, &C., Of the Religion, Philosophy, and Emblems of the Heathens Before Moses Writ, and of the Jews After (Classic Reprint)

Moses's Principia, Vol. 2

Philosophical and Theological Works of the Late Truly Learned John Hutchinson

Montserrat Guibernau

This volume celebrates and evaluates Anthony D. Smith’s path-breaking contribution to the study of nations and nationalism. A fresh and critical look at Anthony D. Smith’s path-breaking contribution to the study of nations and nationalism. Debates various issues concerning Smith’s controversial ethnosymbolic approach. Includes contributions from academics based in the Czech Republic, Norway, the UK and US. Opens up new avenues of research.

Ethnosymbolism and its Critics

History And National Destiny

This book introduces the first champions of the cause of charity toward the sick and wounded: the Genevan philanthropists and physicians. It focuses on the international Red Cross movement from the first Geneva conference in 1863 until the Tenth Conference in 1921.

War And The Rise Of The Red Cross

Champions Of Charity

Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin)

Brian Eno

John Hutchinson

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