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John van Wyhe is a historian of science, Senior Lecturer in the
Departments of Biological Sciences & History and a Fellow of
Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore. He is the
founder and Director of Darwin Online and Wallace Online,
Professorial Fellow of Charles Darwin University, Fellow of the
Linnean Society of London and a Scientific Associate of the Natural
History Museum (London). He lectures and broadcasts on
Darwin, Wallace, and the history of science around the world.
Kees Rookmaaker is a biologist specialising in the history of
zoology. He has worked for the past eight years on Darwin and
Wallace, including bibliography and transcriptions of notebooks and
letters. He has also edited detailed surveys of all letters
received by the Museum of Zoology, University in Cambridge during
the 19th century. He is the author of over 200 papers and several
books. He received the Founder's Medal of the Society for the
History of Natural History.
The book is a valuable addition to the literature on Wallace. The
editing is scrupulous and detailed but not intrusive. The texts
have been retranscribed and corrected. The illustrations are
attractive and judiciously chosen. This is an excellent
introduction to the formative years.
*Peter Raby, Literary Review*
it is good to have these letters in âhard copyâ, and, at £16.99,
this volume represents excellent value.
*Caroline Cornish, Journal of Historical Geography*
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