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51 - Epilogue: Inspiring, Curious and Novel Fieldwork

from Part III - Reflections and Where Next for Field Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2020

By
Tim Burt  and
Des Thompson
Edited by
Tim Burt  and
Des Thompson
Tim Burt
Affiliation:
Durham University
Des Thompson
Affiliation:
Scottish Natural Heritage
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Summary

Arguably, Thursday 1st July 1858 is the most significant date in the annals of field studies, and quite possibly for science. At the Linnean Society of London, in front of an audience of barely 30 people, two papers were read by the Society’s Secretary, John Joseph Bennett. One was written by Alfred Russel Wallace, and the other by Charles Darwin; both authors were absent – Darwin at the funeral of his tenth and last child, Charles Waring, and Wallace on an expedition in Borneo.

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Curious about Nature
A Passion for Fieldwork
 , pp. 365 - 376
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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