Scientist of Empire
Robert A. (La Trobe University, Victoria) Stafford
Cambridge University Press, 1990
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Sir Roderick Murchison was an eminent Victorian, as notable for his idenfication of the Silurican system in geology as for his patronage of David Livingstone and other Victorian exploration. This study of Murchison emerged as the eminent Victorian who 'sold' science to the imperial government.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521335379
- ISBN-10
- 052133537X
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1990
- Publication date
- 1990-02-15
- Pages
- 306
- Dimensions
- 158x237x27
- Weight
- 634