Re: Curious about silence?

Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Tue, 13 Aug 1996 16:47:18 -0500

>I was wondering why very little is ever said about Charles Darwin being
>a graduate of Christ College, Oxford, I believe it was. And, on his
>telling his professor botanist friend before the voyage that he did not
>feel qualified to be the naturalist upon the Beagle. Are not these two
>important points of interest when trying to interpret a man's ideas
>nearly 150 years ago?
>
>Any thoughts on this?

Regarding the second point, I don't think anyone has criticised Darwin's
specific observations or view him not to be qualified as a naturalist. At
any rate, he was not the only one to come up with the model at the time.

steve
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