Derby Philosophers

Science and Culture in British Urban Society, 1700–1850

AvPaul A. Elliott

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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The Derby Philosophers focuses upon the activities of a group of Midland intellectuals that included the evolutionist and physician Erasmus Darwin, Rev. Thomas Gisborne the evangelical philosopher and poet, Robert Bage the novelist, Charles Sylvester the chemist and engineer, William George and his son Herbert Spencer, the internationally renowned evolutionist philosopher who coined the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’, and members of the Wedgwood and Strutt families. The book explores how, inspired by science and through educational activities, publications and institutions including the famous Derbyshire General Infirmary (1810) and Derby Arboretum (1840), the Derby philosophers strove to promote social, political and urban improvements with national and international consequences. Much more than a parochial history of one intellectual group or town, this book examines science, politics and culture during one of the most turbulent periods of British history.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-03
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:433 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9781526171764

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Paul Elliott is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Derby

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‘An important and compelling account of the public culture of science in Georgian and Victorian Derby.’Dr Tristram Hunt, Urban History, 37 (2010), 189-91‘[Elliott has] made significant contributions toward the historical recovery of that lost world of enlightened science in the English provinces.’Jan Golinski, Professor of History and Humanities at the University of New Hampshire, USA, Reviews in History, (1 June 2010), Institute of Historical Research

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List of figuresIntroduction1 Politics, religion, urban culture and Natural Philosophy, c.1700-17702 Natural Philosophy and utility.3 Joseph Wright, John Whitehurst and Derby philosophical culture c.1760-17834 The Derby Philosophical Society.5 Dissent, politics and Natural Philosophy: the campaigns of the 1780s and 1790s6 Enlightenment and improvement: The campaign for the enclosure of common lands during the 1790s7 The Derby Literary and Philosophical Society8 The Derbyshire General Infirmary9 Evolution: Erasmus Darwin, William George Spencer and Herbert Spencer.10 Women and Derby scientific culture, c.1780-185011: Civic science and rational recreation: the Derby Mechanic’s Institute (1825) and the Derby Arboretum (1840) Conclusion Appendix: members of the Derby Philosophical Society (1783-1850) and members of the Derby Literary and Philosophical Society (1908-1816) Select bibliographyIndex