| Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart - Volume 1 Contributor(s): Bunbury, Charles James Fox (Author), Bunbury, Frances Horner (Editor), Lyell, Katharine Horner (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108041124 ISBN-13: 9781108041126 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $62.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 580.92 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.39 lbs) 502 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809-86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the impact of Darwin's theories on his contemporaries. Volume 1 begins with a short autobiographical memoir written by Bunbury towards the end of his life, and ends with his marriage to Frances Horner in 1844. It demonstrates his interest in science, encouraged by his parents and continued at Cambridge and during travels in Europe and South America. |
