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Natural Calling
Larkum, Anthony W. D. (Larkum, School Of Biological Sciences)
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Description for Natural Calling
Hardback. This is a fascinating account of the lives of two Victorian naturalists. It follows many years of research into Charles Darwin's relationship with his cousin William Darwin Fox. New factual material on Darwin is presented, drawn from his cousin's diaries. Num Pages: 622 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BJ; PDX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1201.
From 1965–1968, I held an Agricultural Research Council Research Fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge. Later in 1981, when I was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge and renewed my contacts with Christ’s College, my friend and colleague David Coombe, a Fellow of Christ’s College, informed me that a collection of letters of Charles Darwin had just been - covered in the Library storeroom, underneath the College. I had always maintained an interest in Charles Darwin, from the early age of thirteen, when I had rst read his books, with I might say some dif culty! ... Read more
From 1965–1968, I held an Agricultural Research Council Research Fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge. Later in 1981, when I was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge and renewed my contacts with Christ’s College, my friend and colleague David Coombe, a Fellow of Christ’s College, informed me that a collection of letters of Charles Darwin had just been - covered in the Library storeroom, underneath the College. I had always maintained an interest in Charles Darwin, from the early age of thirteen, when I had rst read his books, with I might say some dif culty! ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402092329
SKU
V9781402092329
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Reviews for Natural Calling
From the reviews: “Larkum (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) has structured this work around 155 letters … written by Charles Darwin to his second cousin, William Darwin Fox, from 1828 to 1880, the year of Fox’s death. Larkum supplements this treasure trove with a few surviving letters Fox wrote to Darwin, Fox’s letters to family members and other naturalists, and ... Read more