Lester D Stephens
Biographic Data
| ID | 3785102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lester D Stephens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lester D |
| FAMILY NAME | Stephens |
| SIGNATURE | STEPHENS L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Demonstration and Practice Laboratory, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895
In the decades before the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, enjoyed recognition as the center of scientific activity in the South. By 1850, only three other cities in the United States--Philadelphia, Boston, and New York--exceeded Charleston in natural history studies, and the city boasted an excellent museum of natural history. Examining the scientific activities and contributions of John Bachman, Edmund Ravenel, John Edwards Holbrook, Lewi…
Lyell in America: Transatlantic Geology, 1841-1853
A pioneering geologist from Scotland, Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was one of the 19th century's most important and controversial scientists. His landmark 1830 text Principles of Geology, for example, went against the received wisdom of the age and posited that throughout the history of the earth, geological changes occurred largely through slow and ongoing processes. Although he is perhaps now best known as Charles Darwin's mentor, Lyell's contribu…
Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895
Journal Article Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815–1895. By Lester D. Stephens. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xx, 338 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-8078-2518-2.) Get access Margaret Humphreys Margaret Humphreys Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume…
In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860
In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860. Edited by Maurice D. McInnis in collaboration with Angela D. Mack with essays by J. Thomas Savage, Robert A. Leath, and Susan Ricci Stebbens. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. Pp. xix, 352. Illustrations, color plates. $75.00.) Science, Race, and Religion in American South: John Bachman and Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895. By Lester D. Stephens. (Chapel Hil…
The Evolution Controversy in America
The Correspondence of John Bartram, 1734-1777
In this volume, American botany biographers present the letters known to exist that were written to or by John Bartram - His Majesty's Botanist for North America and one of the most important scientific figures of the 18th century. Working with material from 24 libraries, the editors assembled more than 600 letters and present them exactly as written (with spelling and punctuation intact). Though of Bartram's mail pertained to his seed business, …
Archives of Natural History. Alwyne Wheeler
Henry Shaw: His Life and Legacies
The Writing of American History
Events which become historical, says Michael Kraus, do not live on because of their mere occurrence. They survive when writers re-create them and thus preserve for posterity their otherwise fleeting existence. Paul Revere's ride, for example, might well have vanished from the records had not Longfellow snatched it from approaching oblivion and given it a dramatic spot in American history. Now Revere rides on in spirited passages in our history bo…
The Geological Sciences in the Antebellum South
Joseph LeConte: Gentle Prophet of Evolution
Joseph LeConte: Gentle Prophet of Evolution
Journal Article Joseph LeConte: Gentle Prophet of Evolution. By Lester D. Stephens. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. xxi + 340 pp. Illustrations, notes, sources, and index. $32.50.) Get access Neal C. Gillespie Neal C. Gillespie Georgia State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 4, March 1983, Pages 996–997, https://doi.org/10.2307/19…
"Forget Their Color": J. Peter Lesley on Slavery and the South
AMONG the dedicated opponents of slavery in the decade preceding the Civil War was the well-known American geologist J. Peter Lesley (1819-1903). Born in Philadelphia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton Theological Seminary, Lesley was a man of sensitive conscience, deeply rooted altruism, and strongly committed convictions about human dignity. Although he entered the ministry, Lesley forsook the cloth geological work. Ne…
Joseph Leconte's Evolutional Idealism: A Lamarckian View of Cultural History
Joseph LeConte on evolution, education, and the structure of knowledge
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century the theory of evolution profoundly influenced American thought. In the form of Social Darwinism it significantly shaped views on race, civilization, and political theory. Sociology and psychology were developing concurrently as disciplines. All of these were destined to have an effect upon education, for many intellectuals believed that science in general and evolutionary theory in particular were…
Evolution and Women's Rights in the 1890s: The Views of Joseph LeConte
Notes1. San Francisco Chronicle, May 22, 1895, 14, and May 26, 1895, 19; and the Examiner, May 26, 1895, 12.2. Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage (Rochester, N.Y., 1902), 4: 478-508; Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Indianapolis, Indiana, 1898), 2: 819-38; and both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Examiner, May 19-26, 1895.3. See the statement of Mary Keithin Brother Cornelius, …
Changes in Consistency of Educational Ideas Attributable to Student-Teaching Experiences
Joseph Leconte's Evolutional Idealism: A Lamarckian View of Cultural History
Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895
Journal Article Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815–1895. By Lester D. Stephens. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xx, 338 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-8078-2518-2.) Get access Margaret Humphreys Margaret Humphreys Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume…
In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860
In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860. Edited by Maurice D. McInnis in collaboration with Angela D. Mack with essays by J. Thomas Savage, Robert A. Leath, and Susan Ricci Stebbens. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. Pp. xix, 352. Illustrations, color plates. $75.00.) Science, Race, and Religion in American South: John Bachman and Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895. By Lester D. Stephens. (Chapel Hil…
Evolution and Women's Rights in the 1890s: The Views of Joseph LeConte
Notes1. San Francisco Chronicle, May 22, 1895, 14, and May 26, 1895, 19; and the Examiner, May 26, 1895, 12.2. Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage (Rochester, N.Y., 1902), 4: 478-508; Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Indianapolis, Indiana, 1898), 2: 819-38; and both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Examiner, May 19-26, 1895.3. See the statement of Mary Keithin Brother Cornelius, …
Changes in Consistency of Educational Ideas Attributable to Student-Teaching Experiences
Joseph LeConte on evolution, education, and the structure of knowledge
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century the theory of evolution profoundly influenced American thought. In the form of Social Darwinism it significantly shaped views on race, civilization, and political theory. Sociology and psychology were developing concurrently as disciplines. All of these were destined to have an effect upon education, for many intellectuals believed that science in general and evolutionary theory in particular were…
Evolution and Women's Rights in the 1890s: The Views of Joseph LeConte
Notes1. San Francisco Chronicle, May 22, 1895, 14, and May 26, 1895, 19; and the Examiner, May 26, 1895, 12.2. Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage (Rochester, N.Y., 1902), 4: 478-508; Ida Husted Harper, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Indianapolis, Indiana, 1898), 2: 819-38; and both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Examiner, May 19-26, 1895.3. See the statement of Mary Keithin Brother Cornelius, …
Joseph Leconte's Evolutional Idealism: A Lamarckian View of Cultural History
"Forget Their Color": J. Peter Lesley on Slavery and the South
AMONG the dedicated opponents of slavery in the decade preceding the Civil War was the well-known American geologist J. Peter Lesley (1819-1903). Born in Philadelphia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton Theological Seminary, Lesley was a man of sensitive conscience, deeply rooted altruism, and strongly committed convictions about human dignity. Although he entered the ministry, Lesley forsook the cloth geological work. Ne…
The Geological Sciences in the Antebellum South
Joseph LeConte: Gentle Prophet of Evolution
Joseph LeConte: Gentle Prophet of Evolution
Journal Article Joseph LeConte: Gentle Prophet of Evolution. By Lester D. Stephens. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. xxi + 340 pp. Illustrations, notes, sources, and index. $32.50.) Get access Neal C. Gillespie Neal C. Gillespie Georgia State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 4, March 1983, Pages 996–997, https://doi.org/10.2307/19…
The Writing of American History
Events which become historical, says Michael Kraus, do not live on because of their mere occurrence. They survive when writers re-create them and thus preserve for posterity their otherwise fleeting existence. Paul Revere's ride, for example, might well have vanished from the records had not Longfellow snatched it from approaching oblivion and given it a dramatic spot in American history. Now Revere rides on in spirited passages in our history bo…
Henry Shaw: His Life and Legacies
Archives of Natural History. Alwyne Wheeler
The Correspondence of John Bartram, 1734-1777
In this volume, American botany biographers present the letters known to exist that were written to or by John Bartram - His Majesty's Botanist for North America and one of the most important scientific figures of the 18th century. Working with material from 24 libraries, the editors assembled more than 600 letters and present them exactly as written (with spelling and punctuation intact). Though of Bartram's mail pertained to his seed business, …
The Evolution Controversy in America
In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860
In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860. Edited by Maurice D. McInnis in collaboration with Angela D. Mack with essays by J. Thomas Savage, Robert A. Leath, and Susan Ricci Stebbens. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. Pp. xix, 352. Illustrations, color plates. $75.00.) Science, Race, and Religion in American South: John Bachman and Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895. By Lester D. Stephens. (Chapel Hil…
Lyell in America: Transatlantic Geology, 1841-1853
A pioneering geologist from Scotland, Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was one of the 19th century's most important and controversial scientists. His landmark 1830 text Principles of Geology, for example, went against the received wisdom of the age and posited that throughout the history of the earth, geological changes occurred largely through slow and ongoing processes. Although he is perhaps now best known as Charles Darwin's mentor, Lyell's contribu…
Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895
Journal Article Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815–1895. By Lester D. Stephens. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xx, 338 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-8078-2518-2.) Get access Margaret Humphreys Margaret Humphreys Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume…
Science, Race, and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895
In the decades before the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, enjoyed recognition as the center of scientific activity in the South. By 1850, only three other cities in the United States--Philadelphia, Boston, and New York--exceeded Charleston in natural history studies, and the city boasted an excellent museum of natural history. Examining the scientific activities and contributions of John Bachman, Edmund Ravenel, John Edwards Holbrook, Lewi…
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