Travis, Anthony S. (Author)
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Volume: 41
Pages: 143--172
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: “Darwinism, Philosophy, and Experimental Biology”
Language: English
Raphael Meldola (1849--1915), an industrial chemist and keen naturalist, under the influence of Darwin, brought new German studies on evolution by natural selection that appeared in the 1870s to the attention of the British scientific community. Meldola's special interest was in mimicry among butterflies; through this he became a prominent neo-Darwinian. His wide-ranging achievements in science led to appointments as president of important professional scientific societies, and of a local club of like-minded amateurs, particularly field naturalists. This is an account of Meldola's early scientific connections and studies related to entomology and natural selection, his contributions to the study of mimicry, and his promotion in the mid-1890s of a more theory driven approach among entomologists.
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