| Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart - Volume 2 Contributor(s): Bunbury, Charles James Fox (Author), Bunbury, Frances Horner (Editor), Lyell, Katharine Horner (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108041132 ISBN-13: 9781108041133 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.04 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: 1.02" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.28 lbs) 460 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 2 covers the years 1844-8, and shows how Bunbury's marriage brought him into close contact with the geologist Charles Lyell, whom he greatly admired, and who became his brother-in-law. His diaries mention attending lectures by Sedgwick and Owen, and socialising with Babbage and Henslow among others. |
