The Philosophy of Zoology - Or a General View of the Structure, Functions, and Classification of Animals (Paperback)

John Fleming (1785 1857) was a minister of the Church of Scotland, but in his time at the University of Edinburgh he had also studied geology and zoology. In the tradition of the country parson who was also a talented and knowledgeable naturalist, he published his first works on the geology of the Shetland Islands while serving there as a minister. His subsequent works led to his being offered the chair of natural philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and subsequently at the newly created chair of natural history at the Free Church College in Edinburgh. The two-volume Philosophy of Zoology was published in 1822, and the young Charles Darwin is recorded as borrowing it from the library of Edinburgh University in 1825/6. His intention in the book was to 'collect the truths of Zoology within a small compass, and to render them more intelligible, by a systematical arrangement'.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology, Volume 2
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	John Fleming
Dimensions:	216 x 35 x 140mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	628
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-00166-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology
LSN:	1-108-00166-1
Barcode:	9781108001663

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