John Lidwell-Durnin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1523571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Lidwell-Durnin |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Lidwell-Durnin |
| SIGNATURE | LIDWELL-DURNIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2062-7022 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prognosis and scientific imagination in the work of Jane Webb Loudon (1800–1858)
Prognosis is an important aspect of any scientific culture. Speculation and imagination about future knowledge, social organization and technology pervade the practice of science and lend it aim and direction (or at least the appearance of direction). This article is about the development of prognosis in the fiction and popular-scientific writing of Jane Webb Loudon (1800–58), a writer familiar within the history of science for her publications i…
Desire, Marriage, and Overpopulation
During the eighteenth century, the discovery of sexual reproduction in insect species prompted the demise of spontaneous generation and new developments in natural history, theology, and political economy. The sexual lives of insects prompted debates on whether insects were governed by desire, free will, and even marital tendency. Fuelled by the democratisation of microscopy, early modern entomology took a new turn and breadth: the study of insec…
Climat, maladies des plantes et acclimatation
À la fin du 18 e siècle, les agronomes britanniques ont cherché à savoir si le blé, malgré son importance alimentaire pour la nation, était une plante indigène ou, au contraire, une plante exotique dont l’acclimatation au climat britannique avait été longue et difficile. La possibilité d’une détérioration du climat de la Grande-Bretagne – un sentiment populaire largement partagé dans les cercles agricoles de l’époque – signifiait que l’adoption d…
Plague, Crisis, and Scientific Authority during the London Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782
In the summer of 1780, anti-Catholic riots led by Lord George Gordon in London left hundreds dead and stretches of the city burnt and destroyed. Eighteen months later, during a tense period in the city's history, London was invaded by brown-tail moth caterpillars. The metropolis and surrounding countryside disappeared behind the tents and nests of the insects, prompting widespread fear of famine and plague. With the memory of the riots still fres…
Cultivating famine
Collecting seeds and specimens was an integral aspect of botany and natural history in the eighteenth century. Historians have until recently paid less attention to the importance of collecting, trading and compiling knowledge of their cultivation, but knowing how to grow and maintain plants free from disease was crucial to agricultural and botanical projects. This is particularly true in the case of food security. At the close of the eighteenth …
The production of a physiological puzzle
Adam's laburnum' (or Cytisus adami), produced by accident in 1825 by Jean-Louis Adam, a nurseryman in Vitry, became a commercial success within the plant trade for its striking mix of yellow and purple flowers. After it came to the attention of members of La Société d'Horticulture de Paris, the tree gained enormous fame as a potential instance of the much sought-after 'graft hybrid', a hypothetical idea that by grafting one plant onto another, a …
Plague, Crisis, and Scientific Authority during the London Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782
In the summer of 1780, anti-Catholic riots led by Lord George Gordon in London left hundreds dead and stretches of the city burnt and destroyed. Eighteen months later, during a tense period in the city's history, London was invaded by brown-tail moth caterpillars. The metropolis and surrounding countryside disappeared behind the tents and nests of the insects, prompting widespread fear of famine and plague. With the memory of the riots still fres…
The production of a physiological puzzle
Adam's laburnum' (or Cytisus adami), produced by accident in 1825 by Jean-Louis Adam, a nurseryman in Vitry, became a commercial success within the plant trade for its striking mix of yellow and purple flowers. After it came to the attention of members of La Société d'Horticulture de Paris, the tree gained enormous fame as a potential instance of the much sought-after 'graft hybrid', a hypothetical idea that by grafting one plant onto another, a …
Cultivating famine
Collecting seeds and specimens was an integral aspect of botany and natural history in the eighteenth century. Historians have until recently paid less attention to the importance of collecting, trading and compiling knowledge of their cultivation, but knowing how to grow and maintain plants free from disease was crucial to agricultural and botanical projects. This is particularly true in the case of food security. At the close of the eighteenth …
Climat, maladies des plantes et acclimatation
À la fin du 18 e siècle, les agronomes britanniques ont cherché à savoir si le blé, malgré son importance alimentaire pour la nation, était une plante indigène ou, au contraire, une plante exotique dont l’acclimatation au climat britannique avait été longue et difficile. La possibilité d’une détérioration du climat de la Grande-Bretagne – un sentiment populaire largement partagé dans les cercles agricoles de l’époque – signifiait que l’adoption d…
Plague, Crisis, and Scientific Authority during the London Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782
In the summer of 1780, anti-Catholic riots led by Lord George Gordon in London left hundreds dead and stretches of the city burnt and destroyed. Eighteen months later, during a tense period in the city's history, London was invaded by brown-tail moth caterpillars. The metropolis and surrounding countryside disappeared behind the tents and nests of the insects, prompting widespread fear of famine and plague. With the memory of the riots still fres…
Desire, Marriage, and Overpopulation
During the eighteenth century, the discovery of sexual reproduction in insect species prompted the demise of spontaneous generation and new developments in natural history, theology, and political economy. The sexual lives of insects prompted debates on whether insects were governed by desire, free will, and even marital tendency. Fuelled by the democratisation of microscopy, early modern entomology took a new turn and breadth: the study of insec…
Prognosis and scientific imagination in the work of Jane Webb Loudon (1800–1858)
Prognosis is an important aspect of any scientific culture. Speculation and imagination about future knowledge, social organization and technology pervade the practice of science and lend it aim and direction (or at least the appearance of direction). This article is about the development of prognosis in the fiction and popular-scientific writing of Jane Webb Loudon (1800–58), a writer familiar within the history of science for her publications i…
Political science (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (3 works) · History of Science and Natural History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Famine (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)