Article ID: CBB714981739

A Yankee at Oxford: John William Draper at the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford, 30 June 1860 (2016)

unapi

This paper contributes to the revisionist historiography on the legendary encounter between Samuel Wilberforce and Thomas Henry Huxley at the 1860 meeting in Oxford of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. It discusses the contents of a series of letters written by John William Draper and his family reflecting on his experience at that meeting. The letters have recently been rediscovered and have been neither published nor examined at full length. After a preliminary discussion on the historiography of the Oxford debate, the paper discloses the contents of the letters and then assesses them in the light of other contemporary accounts. The letters offer a nuanced reinterpretation of the event that supports the growing move towards a revisionist account.

...More
Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB714981739/

Similar Citations

Book Hesketh, Ian; (2009)
Of Apes and Ancestors: Evolution, Christianity and The Oxford Debate (/isis/citation/CBB000952766/)

Article Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders; (2014)
Oxford Serialized: Revisiting the Huxley--Wilberforce Debate through the Periodical Press (/isis/citation/CBB001551593/)

Article Wickliff, Gregory A.; (2015)
Draper, Darwin, and the Oxford Evolution Debate of 1860 (/isis/citation/CBB001422279/)

Chapter Gilley, Sheridan; (1981)
The Huxley-Wilberforce debate: A reconsideration (/isis/citation/CBB000027934/)

Chapter Livingstone, David N.; (2009)
That Huxley Defeated Wilberforce in Their Debate over Evolution and Religion (/isis/citation/CBB001032212/)

Article Brink-Roby, H.; (2008)
Siren canora: The Mermaid and the Mythical in Late Nineteenth-Century Science (/isis/citation/CBB000931202/)

Article Mary P. Winsor; (2021)
“I would sooner die than give up”: Huxley and Darwin's deep disagreement (/isis/citation/CBB437064231/)

Book Cosans, Christopher E.; (2009)
Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog: Beyond Darwinism and Creationism (/isis/citation/CBB000951052/)

Article Lightman, Bernard; (2011)
Periodicals and Controversy (/isis/citation/CBB001220691/)

Book White, Paul; (2002)
Thomas Huxley: Making the “Man of Science” (/isis/citation/CBB000201584/)

Book Alison Bashford; (2022)
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution (/isis/citation/CBB535186379/)

Book David Hutchings; James C. Ungureanu; (2021)
Of Popes and Unicorns: Science, Christianity, and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World (/isis/citation/CBB939167406/)

Book Bastian, Henry Charlton; Strick, James; (2001)
Evolution and the Spontaneous Generation Debate. Vol 1-6 (/isis/citation/CBB000101901/)

Article Gould, Stephen Jay; (1986)
Soapy Sam's logic (/isis/citation/CBB000029697/)

Article Vetter, Jeremy; (2010)
The Unmaking of an Anthropologist: Wallace Returns from the Field, 1862--70 (/isis/citation/CBB001022699/)

Authors & Contributors
Ungureanu, James C.
Hutchings, David
Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders
Wickliff, Gregory A.
Winsor, Mary P.
White, Paul S.
Concepts
Evolution
Controversies and disputes
Science and religion
Darwinism
Historiography
Anatomy
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Great Britain
England
Institutions
British Association for the Advancement of Science
Ethnological Society of London
Anthropological Society of London
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment