| Description |
viii, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Michael Shortland -- 1. Bonneted mechanic and narrative hero: the self-modelling of Hugh Miller / Michael Shortland -- 2. The geologist from Cromarty / David R. Oldroyd -- 3. The natural historian as antiquary of the world: Hugh Miller and the rise of literary natural history / James G. Paradis -- 4. Palaeontology and theodicy: religion, politics and the Asterolepis of Stromness / John Henry -- 5. Like minds: the God of Hugh Miller / John Hedley Brooke -- 6. Hugh Miller, the Disruption and the Free Church of Scotland / Donald Macleod -- 7. The fallen meteor: Hugh Miller and local tradition / David Alston -- 8. Miller's improvement: a classic tale of self-advancement? / David Vincent -- 9. 'Stand, and unfold yourself': My Schools and Schoolmasters / David Robb -- 10. Miller's madness / Roy Porter -- 11. Hugh Miller's contribution to the Witness: 1840-56 /Michael Shortland -- Appendix: a bibliography of Hugh Miller / Michael Shortland |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 -- Influence -- Science.
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Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 -- Influence.
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Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856.
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Geologists -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056856
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Shortland, Michael.
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| LC no. |
95041168 |
| ISBN |
0198540531 (hbk) |
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