Darwin bird sketch1/12/2024 d'Alton, and Lorenz OkenĬhapter XIII: D.A. Richard Owen, Part II: Owen After the OriginĬhapter X: Isidore Geoffroy Saint-HilaireĬhapter XI: Herbert Spencer and Charles Victor NaudinĬhapter XII: Heinrich Bronn, Franz Unger, J.W.E. d'Omalius d'Halloy, and Henry FrekeĬhapter VIII: Richard Owen, Part I: Owen Before the Origin and his 1860 ReviewĬhapter IX. Wells and William HerbertĬhapter V: Robert Grant and Patrick MatthewĬhapter VI: Leopold von Buch, C.S Rafinesque, and Samuel HaldemanĬhapter VII: Robert Chambers, J.B.J. Lamarck, Erasmus Darwin, Goethe, Etienne Geoffroy Saint-HilaireĬhapter IV: W.C. Authors to be "passed over": Buffon, Maillet, AristotleĬhapter III: Early Transmutationists: J.B. WallaceĬhapter II: Darwin's Earliest Sources. The Preface to Darwin's Origin of Species : The Curious History of the "Historical Sketch"Ĭhapter I: Darwin's "Priority": Baden Powell and A.R. Johnson conveys the pressure Darwin felt from friends and other correspondents to showcase the originality of his theory, and he tackles questions of originality by carefully examining the 35 authors Darwin referenced in this monumental text. How did it evolve in Darwin's mind? Why did he write it at all? What did he think he was accomplishing by prefacing it to Origin of Species? Curtis Johnson approaches these questions, offering some clarity on the originality of Darwin's work.ĭarwin's "Historical Sketch" is the first comprehensive study of Darwin's "Preface" to Origin of Species. Some things are known about its production, such as when it first appeared and what changes were made to it between its first appearance in 1860 and its final form in 1866. His "Historical Sketch" was written as an attempt to address these issues. As such, he was able to claim originality and priority for the idea that has transformed our understanding of nature. While some previous thinkers anticipated portions of Darwin's theory long before he did, none of them saw the complete picture as clearly as Darwin. The "Historical Sketch" provides a brief history of opinion about the species question as a prelude to Darwin's own independent contribution to the subject, but its provenance is somewhat obscure.
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