The Comstocks of Cornell : John Henry Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock / / Anna Botsford Comstock
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| Autore: |
Comstock Anna Botsford <1854-1930, >
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| Titolo: |
The Comstocks of Cornell : John Henry Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock / / Anna Botsford Comstock
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| Pubblicazione: | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2019] |
| ©2019 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 p.) : 7 illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 595.7092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists |
| Science - Study and teaching | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | St. ClairKaren Penders |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849-1865 -- A sailor and a scholar -- Undergraduate days at Cornell -- Anna Botsford Comstock : childhood and girlhood -- A university professorship and marriage, 1876-1879 -- Entomologist to U. S. Department of Agriculture (life in Washington as United States entomologist, 1879-1881) -- Return to Cornell -- The year 1888-1889; with a winter in Germany -- California and Stanford University -- The nature study movement at Cornell University; a journey south to study spiders -- How to know butterflies and the confessions to a heathen idol -- A sabbatical year abroad : Egypt and Greece -- Italy, Switzerland, and home -- Chapter 15 : 1908-1912, Cornell's new quarters for entomology and nature study -- The two-hundred and fiftieth-anniversary celebration of the Royal Society and the International Entomological Congress -- The 65th milestone and retirement -- Florida and retirement -- The Toronto meeting of the A.A.A.S. 1922. A surprising voyage westward -- Honolulu and happiness, a voyage to Europe -- Mentone. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Comstocks of Cornell is the autobiography written by naturalist educator Anna Botsford Comstock about her life and her husband's, entomologist John Henry Comstock--both prominent figures in the scientific community and in Cornell University history. A first edition was published in 1953, but it omitted key Cornellians, historical anecdotes, and personal insights. Karen Penders St. Clair's twenty-first century edition returns Mrs. Comstock's voice to her book by rekeying her entire manuscript as she wrote it, and preserving the memories of the personal and professional lives of the Comstocks that she had originally intended to share. The book includes a complete epilogue of the Comstocks' last years and fills in gaps from the 1953 edition. Described as serious legacy work, the book is an essential part of Cornell University history and an important piece of Cornell University Press history. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Comstocks of Cornell |
| ISBN: | 1-5017-4053-9 |
| 1-5017-4054-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910367655703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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