Locke, Richard Adams 1800-1871

Overview

Works:	61 works in 146 publications in 4 languages and 1,539 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Trivia and miscellanea Biographical fiction Voyages, Imaginary Science fiction Humor Anecdotes History Observations Trials, litigation, etc
Roles:	Author, Editor, Recipient
Classifications:	PS2248.L835, 813.3

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Richard Adams Locke

The Sun and the moon : the remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists, and lunar man-bats in nineteenth-century New York by Matthew Goodman( Book )
The celebrated "moon story," its origin and incidents; with a memoir of the author, and an appendix, containing, I. An authentic description of the moon; II. A new theory of the lunar surface in relation to that of the earth by Richard Adams Locke( )
The rhetoric of the scientific media hoax : humanist interventions in the popularization of nineteenth-century American science by Lynda C Olman( )
Life on the moon by Robert Grossman( Book )
Richard Adam Locke papers by Richard Adams Locke( )

The literati of New York City -- no. VI : some honest opinions at random respecting their authorial merits, with occasional words of personality [October 1846 issue] by Edgar Allan Poe( )
Booth's history of New York. v. 5 by Thomas Addis Emmet( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Richard Adams Locke

The moon hoax ; or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

18 editions published between 1859 and 2020 in English and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book collects a series of six articles published in the New York Sun newspaper beginning on August 25, 1835. The articles report on the supposed discovery of life--and an extraterrestrial civilization--on the Moon. The discoveries were falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel, perhaps the best-known astronomer of his time. The articles have been attributed to Richard Adams Locke, who never publicly admitted to being the author. Locke likely intended to create a sensational story which would increase sales of the New York Sun, while also ridiculing some of the more extravagant astronomical theories recently published. Even after the hoax was discovered, the New York Sun did not issue a retraction

A complete account of the late discoveries in the moon by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

9 editions published between 1835 and 1970 in English and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The celebrated "moon story," its origin and incidents; with a memoir of the author, and an appendix, containing, I. An authentic description of the moon; II. A new theory of the lunar surface in relation to that of the earth by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

7 editions published between 1852 and 2012 in English and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A series of articles by Richard Adams Locke originally published in the Sun, August, 1835, under title, "Great astronomical discoveries, " which purported to be an account of the discoveries of Sir John Herschel at the cape of Good Hope, and which pretended to be reprinted from a supplement to the Edinburgh journal of science (then defunct). Has been ascribed on insufficient evidence to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. compare Dict. Amer. biog.: F. M. O'Brien, The story of the Sun (1918) pages 64-102

Report of the trial of the Rev. Ephraim K. Avery, Methodist minister : for the murder of Sarah Maria Cornell, at Tiverton in the county of Newport, Rhode Island : before the Supreme Judicial Court of that state, May 6th, 1833 ... by Ephraim K Avery( Book )

5 editions published between 1833 and 2008 in English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Great astronomical discoveries lately made by Sir John Herschel, L.L.D.F.R.S. &c. at the Cape of Good Hope by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

5 editions published between 1835 and 1841 in English and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Some account of the great astronomical discoveries lately made by Sir John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

5 editions published in 1836 in English and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Neueste Berichte vom Cap der guten Hoffnung über Sir John Herschel's höchst merkwürdige astronomische Entdeckungen, den Mond und seine Bewohner betreffend nebst kurzer Übersicht einiger neu entdeckter und beobachteter Doppelsterne und Nebelflecken by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

8 editions published between 1836 and 2017 in German and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Delle scoperte fatte nella luna dal signor Herschel by Richard Adams Locke( )

4 editions published in 1836 in Italian and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Neuste Berichte von Kap der Guten Hoffnung über Sir John Herschel's höchst merkwürdige astronomische Entdeckungen : den Mond und seine Bewohner betreffend : nebst kurzer Uebersicht einiger neu entdeckter und beobachteter Doppelsterne und Nebelflecken by Richard Adams Locke( )

2 editions published in 1836 in German and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Neueste Berichte vom Kap der Guten Hoffnung über Sir John Herschel's höchst merkwürdige astronomische Entdeckungen : den Mond und seine Bewohner betreffend : nebst kurzer Uebersicht einiger neu entdeckter und beobachteter Doppelsterne und Nebelflecken by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

3 editions published in 1836 in German and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Publication complète des nouvelles découvertes de Sir John Herschel : dans le ciel austral et dans la lune by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

4 editions published in 1836 in French and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Report of the trial of the Rev. Ephraim K. Avery, Methodist minister, for the murder of Sarah Maria Cornell, at Tiverton, in the county of Newport, Rhode Island, : before the Supreme Judicial Court of that state, May 6th, 1833. : Containing the evidence of the numerous witnesses unabridged, and the speeches of General Albert C. Green, attorney general; the Hon. J.D. Pearce, and William R. Staples, Esq. counsel for the prosecution; and those of the Hon. J. Mason, Richard K. Randolph, Esq. and other counsel for the prisoner; together with the charge of His Honor Chief Justice Eddy, in full, as taken in short-hand by Richard Adams Locke, A.B. law reporter, New York by Ephraim K Avery( )

2 editions published in 1833 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Découvertes dans la Lune faites au Cap de Bonne-Espérance by John F. W Herschel( Book )

5 editions published between 1835 and 1836 in French and English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Delle scoperte fatte nella luna dal Dottore Herschel by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

2 editions published in 1836 in Italian and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The great moon hoax of Richard Adams Locke. Arranged as a reading book for students in phonetic shorthand by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

1 edition published in 1886 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Voyages into Space by Richard Adams Locke( )

1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrationsTwo important short classics from 1835: Richard Adams Locke's Moon Hoax and Edgar Allan Poe's Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall--perhaps the first attempt anywhere to describe a flight into space with scientific accuracy. Also included is the satirical fantasy from 1784, Journey...to the newly discovered Planet Georgium Sidus, by "Vivenair".At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management)

Neueste berichte vom Cap der guten Hoffnung über Sir John Herschel's höcht mersswürdige astronomische entdeckungen, ben Mond und seine Bewohner betreffend. Nebst furzer uebersicht einiger neu entbeckter und beobachteter Doppelsterne und Nebelflecken by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

1 edition published in 1836 in German and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Neueste Berichte vom Cap der guten Hoffnung über Sir John Frederick William Herschel's höchst merkwürdige astronomische Entdeckungen, den Mond und seine Bewohner betreffend : Nebst kurzer Uebersicht einiger neu entdeckter und beobachteter Doppelsterne und Nebelflecken by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

3 editions published in 1836 in German and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hanes y Lleuad; yn gosod allan y rhyfeddodau a ddarganfyddwyd gan Syr John Herschel, trwy gynnorthwy gwdyr-ddrych, etc. [An abridged version of R.A. Locke's "Some Account of the great astronomical Discoveries lately made by Sir John Herschel," etc. With a frontispiece.] by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

4 editions published in 1858 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Moon walk 1835 : was Neil Armstrong really the first man on the moon? by Richard Adams Locke( Book )

1 edition published in 1990 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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