Robert T. McMaster (Author)
Edward Hitchcock was not the only star in the firmament of American science and philosophy in the nineteenth century, but he was certainly one of the brightest. Raised among the wheat and rye fields of Deerfield, Massachusetts, he was expected to pursue a farmer's life, but early on he developed a "strong relish" for science. In his teens he adopted his father's orthodox Christian faith and began studying for the ministry. By age twenty-five he had set a dual path for his life, science and religion. Although Hitchcock's career as a pastor would be brief, preaching and spreading the Gospel would remain his highest calling. Nevertheless, his scientific impulses could never be denied, his spiritual life could not deflect him from the pursuit of scientific truth. In that respect he was perhaps unique for his time – and for today – for he saw no conflict between science and religion. “When rightly interpreted and understood,” he wrote, “they will appear in perfect unison.”In "All the Light Here Comes from Above: The Life and Legacy of Edward Hitchcock, Massachusetts," author Robert T. McMaster brings Edward Hitchcock to life, revealing the humanity of the man with dignity, charm, and humor. Relying largely on Hitchcock's own words from his letters, notes, and other unpublished manuscripts, McMaster presents an intimate view of Edward Hitchcock, his scientific achievements, his theological writings, as well as his battles with powerful personal demons that threatened him at every turn.
...MoreReview Joanne Bourgeois (2022) Review of "All the Light Here Comes from Above: The Life and Legacy of Edward Hitchcock". Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society (pp. 217-219).
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Archibald, J. David;
(2009)
Edward Hitchcock's Pre-Darwinian (1840) “Tree of Life”
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Herbert, Robert L.;
(2010)
The Sublime Landscapes of Western Massachusetts: Edward Hitchcock's Romantic Naturalism
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Jordan D. II Marché;
(2019)
“Giant Birds of Old”: An 1837 poem by James Dwight Dana (?) on the supposed makers of the Connecticut Valley's fossil trackways
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R. Bruce Mcmillan;
(2023)
Albert Koch’s Hydrarchos: A Hoax or A Bona Fide Collection of Bones
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Regal, Brian;
(2002)
Henry Fairfield Osborn: Race and the Search for the Origins of Man
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Mazur, Allan;
(2004)
A Romance in Natural History: The Lives and Works of Amadeus Grabau and Mary Antin
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Merriam, Daniel Francis;
(2007)
Raymond Cecil Moore: Legendary Scholar and Scientist, World-Class Geologist and Paleontologist
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Tom Sharpe;
(2021)
The Fossil Woman: A Life of Mary Anning
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Dietz, Linda F.;
Sarjeant, William A. S.;
Mitchell, Trent A.;
(1999)
The Dreamer and the Pragmatist: A Joint Biography of Walter Wetzel and Otto Wetzel, with a Survey of Their Contributions to Geology and Micropaleontology
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Renato Marocchi;
(2021)
Annibale Tommasi (1858-1921) paleontologo mantovano. Fondo conservato in accademia
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R. Bruce Mcmillan;
(2022)
Albert C. Koch’s Missourium and the Debate over the Contemporaneity of Humans and the Pleistocene Megafauna of North America
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Bessudnova, Zoya A.;
(2013)
Grigory (Gotthelf) Fischer Von Waldheim (1771--1853): Author of the First Scientific Works on Russian Geology and Palæontology
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Sascha Nolden;
(2016)
The Life and Legacy of Sir Julius Von Haast: Exploring Archival Documentary Heritage Collections
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Robert T. McMaster;
(2020)
Edward Hitchkock's geological survey of Massachusetts, 1830-1833
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Newell, Julie R.;
(2005)
The Troost Crinoids: Lost, Found, and (Finally) Published
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Daniel Francis Zizzamia;
(2015)
Making the West Malleable: Coal, Geohistory, and Western Expansion, 1800–1920
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Vandome, R C;
(cited 2010)
Intellectual Transformations in American Geology, Palaeontology and Anthropology, 1850--1900
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Lowell Dingus;
(2018)
King of the Dinosaur Hunters: The Life of John Bell Hatcher and the Discoveries that Shaped Paleontology
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Gowan Dawson;
(2016)
Show Me the Bone: Reconstructing Prehistoric Monsters in Nineteenth-century Britain and America
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Dingus, Lowell;
Norell, Mark A.;
(2010)
Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus Rex
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