Article ID: CBB000340619

Erasmus Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and the Origins of the Evolutionary Worldview in British Provincial Scientific Culture, 1770--1850 (2003)

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Description Argues that Spencer never admitted his debt to provincial scientific culture and its institutions, including Darwin.


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Authors & Contributors
King-Hele, Desmond G.
Piilonen, Miriam Shulman
Butler, Mark J.
Petrunic, Josipa
Goldstein, Amanda Jo
Wilson, Phillip K.
Concepts
Evolution
Science and literature
Romanticism
Poetry and poetics
Science and culture
Emotions; passions
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Great Britain
England
Germany
France
British Isles
Institutions
Lichfield Botanical Society
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