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The Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Erasmus Darwin
Edited by Desmond King-Hele
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:666
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 158
ISBN/Barcode 9780521821568
ClassificationsDewey:508.092
Audience
Professional & Vocational
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 21 December 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Erasmus Darwin has often been cited as the most widely talented man of the past 250 years. He excelled in medicine and poetry, was an inventor and wide ranging man of science, and founded several societies. This 2006 collection of 460 of his letters provides an insight into the life of this amazing man. Darwin was famous throughout Britain as a physician; his medical letters to patients and private letters to his physician son Robert are a rich source for historians of medicine. His lively letters to the 'Lunar Men', Boulton, Watt, Keir and Wedgwood, provide insight into the Industrial Revolution in England. In the 1790s Darwin propounded the idea of biological evolution, although it was his grandson Charles who persuaded people to take it seriously. This unique collection reveals the variety of Erasmus Darwin's talents, and his wide range of important friendships.

Author Biography

Desmond King-Hele is recognised as the world's leading authority on Erasmus Darwin. He has written 20 books and 300 papers, and his biography of Eramus Darwin won the Society of Authors Medical History Prize in 1999.