Naturalists in mid-nineteenth-century

December, 2020

Figure 1. Title page for the Midland Naturalist, including a border illustration drawn and engraved by Worthington George Smith. Midland Naturalist (1878) 1(1), frontispiece. Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at

The free access paper Illustrating natural history  published in the British Journal for the History of Science examines how communities of naturalists in mid-nineteenth-century Britain were formed around the shared practices of public meetings, the publication and reading of periodicals, and the making and printing of images. See full article

BELKNAP, G. (2018). Illustrating natural history: Images, periodicals, and the making of nineteenth-century scientific communitiesThe British Journal for the History of Science, 51(3), 395-422. doi:10.1017/S0007087418000511

Read more about 19th-century naturalists in HCS-Manguinhos:

The Alfred Russel Wallace Page A website dedicated to celebrating the life and work of the English naturalist, evolutionist, and social critic Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913).

Martinez, Paulo Henrique. A nação pela pedra: coleções de paleontologia no Brasil, 1836-1844. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dez 2012, vol.19, no.4, p.1155-1170. ISSN 0104-5970
· abstract in portuguese | english · text in portuguese

Alves, José Jerônimo de Alencar. A natureza e a cultura no compasso de um naturalista do século XIX: Wallace e a Amazônia. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2011, vol.18, no.3, p.775-788. ISSN 0104-5970

Prestes, Maria Elice Brzezinski and Faria, Frederico Felipe de Almeida. Lazzaro Spallanzani e os fósseis: das observações em viagens naturalísticas ao ensino de história natural. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dez 2011, vol.18, no.4, p.1005-1020. ISSN 0104-5970

Varela, Alex Gonçalves. Um manuscrito inédito do naturalista Manuel Ferreira da Câmara: “nota sobre a extração das minas do Principado da Transilvânia” (1796). Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Mar 2010, vol.17, no.1, p.185-201. ISSN 0104-5970
· abstract in portuguese | english · text in portuguese

Varela, Alex Gonçalves. Um manuscrito inédito do naturalista e político Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2007, vol.14, no.3, p.973-990. ISSN 0104-5970
Sá, Dominichi Miranda de, Sá, Magali Romero and Lima, Nísia Trindade Telégrafos e inventário do território no Brasil: as atividades científicas da Comissão Rondon (1907-1915). Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2008, vol.15, no.3, p.779-810. ISSN 0104-5970

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