Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart (Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture) (Volume 7) - Softcover

Bunbury, Charles James Fox

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108041183 ISBN 13: 9781108041188

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

Sir Charles Bunbury (1809-86) was a distinguished botanist and geologist. He corresponded copiously with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108041183
• ISBN 13: 9781108041188
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 586
• Editor: Bunbury Frances Horner, Lyell Katharine Horner