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Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) and his correspondence networks: Botanical exchanges from Madeira (2021)

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Botany Social networks Naturalists Communication within scientific contexts Correspondence and corresponding Knowledge circulation 19th century Madeira (Portugal) United Kingdom Lowe, Richard Thomas

The growth of scientific knowledge in the natural sciences in the nineteenth century to a large extent depended on networking and communication between naturalists. Our case-study illustrates such forms of scientific communication using a social network analysis (SNA) approach for studying the relationships of the Reverend Richard Thomas Lowe, an English naturalist who lived in Madeira from 1826 to 1852, and continued to visit until his death in a shipwreck in 1874. During his lifetime, he established a network of contacts mainly in the United Kingdom and in Madeira, which enabled him to develop and publish his pioneering work on the local flora, including A manual flora of Madeira and the adjacent islands of Porto Santo and the Desertas.

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Authors & Contributors
Serrano, Elena
Simões, Ana Luís
Andreas Feldtkeller
Uta Zeuge-Buberl
Sangiacomo, Andrea
Beers, Daan
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
HOPOS
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
British Journal for the History of Science
Publishers
Tinta da China
Springer International Publishing
University of Chicago Press
J. B. Metzler Verlag
Franz Steiner Verlag
Harvard University
Concepts
Knowledge circulation
Social networks
Correspondence and corresponding
Communication within scientific contexts
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Knowledge production (modes)
People
Robert Were Fox
Vigo, Joana de
Betancourt, María de
Krusenstern, Adam von
Singh, Bharat
Will, Heinrich
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Early modern
17th century
Places
Portugal
Europe
Cornwall, England
Tropics
Syria
Padua (Italy)
Institutions
Electronic Enlightenment Project
University of Southern Denmark
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM)
University of Padua
University of Copenhagen
Universität Wittenberg
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