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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
Charles James Fox Bunbury
出版Cambridge University Press, 2011-12-29
主題Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / GeneralScience / Life Sciences / BotanyScience / History
ISBN11080411839781108041188
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8hBtOqr2V0AC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809-86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the impact of Darwin's theories on his contemporaries. Volume 7 covers the years 1873-7. With advancing age there are many notices of deaths or illnesses of friends or colleagues, such as Sedgwick, Agassiz and Lyell, but Bunbury was still enthusiastically discussing his reading with correspondents.