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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      25 June 2009
      28 November 2002
      ISBN:
      9780511512186
      9780521640190
      9780521649674
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511512186
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.423kg, 222 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.31kg, 222 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Science and Technology, History of Science, British History after 1450, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Science Biographies
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    Subjects:
    History of Science and Technology, History of Science, British History after 1450, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Science Biographies
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    Dubbed 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his combative role in the Victorian controversies over evolutionary theory, Thomas Huxley has been widely regarded as the epitome of the professional scientist who emerged in the nineteenth century from the restrictions of ecclesiastical authority and aristocratic patronage. Yet from the 1850s until his death in 1895, Huxley always defined himself as a 'man of science', a moral and religious figure, not a scientist. Exploring his relationships with his wife, fellow naturalists, clergymen and men of letters, White presents a new analysis of the authority of science, literature, and religion during the Victorian period, showing how these different practices were woven into a fabric of high culture, and integrated into institutions of print, education and research. He provides a substantially different view of Huxley's role in the evolution debates, and of his relations with his scientific contemporaries, especially Richard Owen and Charles Darwin.

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    '… cogently argued account … Paul White has created a sensitive and multifaceted portrait of Huxley … A particular strength … is the treatment of Huxley's relationships with Owen and Charles Darwin. … One of the most consistently developed aspects of White's portrait is the depiction of Huxley as a defender of high culture … beautifully written and persuasive account …'

    Source: British Journal of the History of Science

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