LEADER 03916nam 2200661 450 001 9910455484703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-00820-X 010 $a9786612008207 010 $a1-4426-7525-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442675254 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004078 035 $a(OCoLC)300282836 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10226300 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297428 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11230019 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297428 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10333750 035 $a(PQKB)11693641 035 $a(CaPaEBR)420996 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00604695 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671546 035 $a(DE-B1597)464498 035 $a(OCoLC)979747478 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442675254 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671546 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257252 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004078 100 $a20160921h19971997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGeorge Bentham $eautobiography, 1800-1834 /$fedited by Marion Filipiuk 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1997. 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource (646 p.) 300 $aIncludes indexes. 311 $a0-8020-0791-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tAutobiography -- $t1. Childhood; St Petersburg, Hampstead, Gosport -- $t2. France; Saumur to Toulouse, 1814-18 -- $t3. Montauban to Montpellier, 1818-22 -- $t4. A Visit to England, 1823 -- $t5. A Tour in Scotland and the Lake District -- $t6. France Again; Botanizing in the Pyrenees, 1823-25 -- $t7. Return to England, 1826-27 -- $t8. London Society; Further Travel, 1827-28 -- $t9. Legal Studies and Botanical Pursuits, 1829-30 -- $t10. Death of His Father; Montpellier and Geneva, 1831 -- $t11. Death of His Uncle; Congress at Vienna, 1832 -- $t12. Marriage; and Botany at Last, 1833-34 -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tAppendices 330 $aIn this autobiography of his early life (1800-1834), George Bentham, nephew of the great Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, offers a lively depiction of the times, both in England and on the Continent, particularly of post-Napoleonic France, where he lived with his family for twelve years. Returning to London as his uncle Jeremy's assistant, he recounts his experiences in this role and his encounters with many of the leading, and the rising, figures of the day, such as Alexander von Humboldt and John Stuart Mill.An emerging figure himself in the field of botany - where he would prove to be one of the great taxonomists of the century - George Bentham worked creatively for the scientific societies he joined, activity that culminated in his becoming an unofficial ambassodor-at-large at scientific congresses in Europe in the 1830s, which he describes in enthusiastic detail.The text of the manuscript, preserved in the Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is published here for the first time, with an introduction providing historical context, explanatory notes, and indexes of plant names and of persons and works mentioned. A fascinating story in itself, this autobiography provides a new resource for Utilitarian studies and for historians of science. 606 $aBotanists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aBotany$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBotanists 615 0$aBotany$xHistory 676 $a580/.92 700 $aBentham$b George, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01055457 702 $aFilipiuk$b Marion 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455484703321 996 $aGeorge Bentham$92488885 997 $aUNINA