Hewett Cottrell Watson: Victorian Plant Ecologist and Evolutionist (Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World) - Hardcover

Egerton, Frank N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138643378 ISBN 13: 9781138643376

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

First published in 2003. Hewett Cottrell Watson was a pioneer in a new science not yet defined in Victorian times – ecology – and was practically the first naturalist to conduct research on plant evolution, beginning in 1834. The correspondence between Watson and Darwin, analysed for the first time in this book, reveals the extent to which Darwin profited from Watson’s data. Darwin’s subsequent fame, however, is one of the reasons why Watson became almost forgotten.

This biography traces both the influences and characteristics that shaped Watson’s outlook and personality, and indeed his science, and the institutional contexts within which he worked. At the same time, it makes evident the extent of his real contributions to the science of the plant ecology and evolution.

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About the Author:

Frank N. Egerton is Professor of History of Science at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He has published widely on the history of ecology and history of evolutionary biology. Currently he is writing a history of the ecological sciences. He has edited History of American Ecology (Arno Press) and Edward Lee Greene's Landmarks of Botanical History (Stanford University Press).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138643378
• ISBN 13: 9781138643376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310