Author

Publication

2002 - Faber and Faber, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

96,750 words, Guess

Page Count

387 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100571193285
  • ISBN-139780571193288
  • Goodreads972666
  • LibraryThing668198
  • OCLC Control Number51033802
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Classifications

  • LCCQH31.G62 T49 2002

Description

Today, Philip Henry Gosse is remembered, if at all, as the patriarch and tyrannical religious maniac in his son Edmund's memoir, Father and Son. This is a vivid reassessment of the life of Philip Henry Gosse, the renowned Victorian naturalist, author, illustrator and Christian fundamentalist, who as both friend and antagonist of Charles Darwin, was at the very heart of the Victorian conflict between science and religion. Thwaite shows that Gosse believed that "the gratification of scientific curiosity is worse than useless if we ignore God."--Publisher.

Subjects

Topics

BiographyNaturalistsGosse, Philip HenryGosse, Philip Henry, -- 1810-1888Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography

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People

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • Glimpses of the wonderfulFaber and Faber2002

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