History of Palaeobotany
Product code: SP241
Print publication date: 15/04/2005
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Regional Geology and General Interest, History of Geology, Palaeontology and geobiology
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781862391741
Author/Edited by: Edited by A. J. Bowden, C. V. Burek and R. Wilding
Weight: 1kg
Number of pages: 312
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/241/1
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Special Publication 241
Often regarded as the ‘Cinderella’ of palaeontological studies, palaeobotany has a history that contains some fascinating insights into scientific endeavour, especially by palaeontologists who were perusing a personal interest rather than a career. The problems of maintaining research facilities in universities, especially in the modern era, are described and reveal a noticeable absence of a national UK strategy to preserve centres of excellence in an avowedly specialist area. Accounts of some of the pioneers demonstrate the importance of collaboration between taxonomists and illustrators. The importance of palaeobotany in the rise of geoconservation is outlined, as well as the significant and influential role of women in the discipline. Although this volume has a predominantly UK focus, two very interesting studies outline the history of palaeobotanical work in Argentina and China.
History of Palaeobotany: an Introduction, A J Bowden, C V Burek and R Wilding
The Beginnings
From the rise of the Enlightenment to the beginnings of Romanticism, R Wilding
The Moravian Minister Rev. Henry Steinhauer (1782-1818); his work on fossil plants, their first 'scientific' description and the planned Mineral Botany, H S Torrens
The early 19th century
John Lindley, the reluctant palaeobotanist, W G Chaloner and H L Pearson •
Illustrations and illustrations during the 'Golden Age' of palaeobotany: 1800-1840, C J Cleal, M Lazarus and A Townsend
The later 19th century and into the 20th century
Hugh Miller: introducing palaeobotany to a wider audience, L I Anderson
Baron Achille de Zigno: an Italian palaeobotanist of the 19th century, H L Pearson The palaeobotanical beginnings of geological conservation: with case studies from the USA, Canada and Great Britain, B A Thomas
Palaeobotanical studies and collecting in the 19th century with particular reference to the Ravenhead Collection and Henry Hugh Higgins, W Simkiss and A J Bowden The palaeobotanical work of Marie Stopes, W G Chaloner
James Lomax (1857-1934): palaeobotanical catalyst or hindrance? A C Howell D.H. Scott and A.C Seward: modern pioneers in the structure and architecture of fossil plants, R Wilding Arthur Raistrick: Britain's premier palynologist, J E A Marshall
The life and work of Emily Dix (1904-1972), C V Burek and C J Cleal
The fate of three university schools of palaeobotany/palynology
The 'other' Glasgow Boys: the rise and fall of a school of palaeobotany, J J Liston and H L Sanders
One hundred and fifty years of Palaeobotany at Manchester University, J Watson Half a century of palynology at the University of Sheffield, C H Wellman
From other continents
The history of palaeobotany in Argentina during the 19th century, E G Ottone
The rise of Chinese palaeobotany emphasizing the global context, Q G Sun
