D G King‐hele
Biographic Data
| ID | 4016633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D G King‐hele |
| GIVEN NAMES | D G |
| FAMILY NAME | King‐hele |
| SIGNATURE | HELE D G K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Farnham Road Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Erasmus Darwin's improved design for steering carriages––and cars
Carriage journeys in England during the eighteenth century were notoriously dangerous. Rutted and pot–holed roads exacerbated the deficiencies in steering, springing and stability. In 1758 the young Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802; F.R.S. 1761) was travelling about 10,000 miles a year in visits to patients from his house at Lichfield. To alleviate the danger and discomfort of his journey, he developed a design for improved carriage steering and stab…
The 1997 Wilkins Lecture
Long ago, I suggested that Erasmus Darwin ‘achieved more in a wider range of intellectual disciplines than anyone since’. This remark has not yet been contradicted; and that is perhaps enough to justify the choice of Erasmus Darwin as the subject of the Wilkins Lecture for 1997. I shall run quickly through his varied talents, comment on his personality and then outline his life and achievements. As an addition to the life story, I shall include g…
Doctor Erasmus Darwin's death in 1802
On 22 April 1802, The Times carried the following notice: On Sunday morning [18 April], while writing in his study, died, at the Priory near Derby, to which he had lately removed, DR. DARWIN, without the least previous indisposition [our italics]. This Gentleman justly held a high rank in the literary world, by his writings of the Botanic Garden, Zoonomia, Phytologia, &c. However, he had had previous health problems, and this cursory account of t…
Erasmus Darwin’s life at Lichfield
Erasmus Darwin lived from 1731 until 1802, and the last 20 years of his life, at Derby, are well documented. In the first half of his career as a physician, at Lichfield, the sources are scantier, and little is known about his first wife Mary (née Howard), who suffered chronic illness for several years before her death in 1770 at the age of 30. In particular, no letters written by Mary have been available; and the only known account of her illnes…
Erasmus Darwin Scientific source for the Romantic poets
Shelley and science
Percy Bysshe Shelley was born 200 years ago, on 4 August 1792, and was drowned near Viareggio in Italy a month before his 30th birthday, on 8 July 1822. From his schooldays onwards he was fascinated by science, and his poetry is much enriched by the infusion of scientific imagery.1 Shelley was the eldest son of a dull country squire and Whig Member of Parliament, Timothy Shelley of Field Place near Horsham, Sussex. Sent to Eton College when he wa…
Introductory remarks
We are meeting to mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Sir Isaac Newton’s greatest work. As you can see opposite, the title-page has, in rather large letters, an Imprimatur by Samuel Pepys, President of the Royal Society, and so the book is very firmly linked with the Society. But unfortunately the Society in 1686 did not have enough money to pay for publication, and the financing and proof reading were undertaken by the man who had o…
Erasmus Darwin, man of ideas and inventor of words
Dr Erasmus Darwin, F.R.S. (1731—1802), probably achieved more in a greater range of intellectual disciplines than anyone since his time. Yet he is relatively little known, because the very variety of his talents has ensured that his total achievement is consistently underrated in our age of specialization. He also had the misfortune to possess the same surname as his grandson Charles, with the result that Erasmus’s own illuminating exposition of …
Erasmus Darwin
Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) was by profession a physician, at Lichfield and later Derby, and was widely regarded as the leading doctor in Britain, author of the massive treatise Zoonomia (1794–6). His many original contributions to science cover a wide range of disciplines, including physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, plant growth and nutrition and evolutionary biology. He was a prolific inventor, a close friend of Boulton and Watt, and …
Queen Mab
In Queen Mab, a poem of some 2300 lines, we have a frank record of Shelley's beliefs at the age of 20. He tells us clearly what he thinks the evils of society are, and how much better we should be without them. His opinions were still changing, and he hesitated to expose them too openly to the public eye. Queen Mab was privately printed, only about seventy copies being circulated. Though these qualms are worth remembering, there is no need for a …
Doctor of Revolution
Miller's papers, and a list of his publications
Evolution and expectation
Shelley
Shelley
Evolution and expectation
Doctor of Revolution
Miller's papers, and a list of his publications
Queen Mab
In Queen Mab, a poem of some 2300 lines, we have a frank record of Shelley's beliefs at the age of 20. He tells us clearly what he thinks the evils of society are, and how much better we should be without them. His opinions were still changing, and he hesitated to expose them too openly to the public eye. Queen Mab was privately printed, only about seventy copies being circulated. Though these qualms are worth remembering, there is no need for a …
Erasmus Darwin
Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) was by profession a physician, at Lichfield and later Derby, and was widely regarded as the leading doctor in Britain, author of the massive treatise Zoonomia (1794–6). His many original contributions to science cover a wide range of disciplines, including physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, plant growth and nutrition and evolutionary biology. He was a prolific inventor, a close friend of Boulton and Watt, and …
Introductory remarks
We are meeting to mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Sir Isaac Newton’s greatest work. As you can see opposite, the title-page has, in rather large letters, an Imprimatur by Samuel Pepys, President of the Royal Society, and so the book is very firmly linked with the Society. But unfortunately the Society in 1686 did not have enough money to pay for publication, and the financing and proof reading were undertaken by the man who had o…
Erasmus Darwin, man of ideas and inventor of words
Dr Erasmus Darwin, F.R.S. (1731—1802), probably achieved more in a greater range of intellectual disciplines than anyone since his time. Yet he is relatively little known, because the very variety of his talents has ensured that his total achievement is consistently underrated in our age of specialization. He also had the misfortune to possess the same surname as his grandson Charles, with the result that Erasmus’s own illuminating exposition of …
Shelley and science
Percy Bysshe Shelley was born 200 years ago, on 4 August 1792, and was drowned near Viareggio in Italy a month before his 30th birthday, on 8 July 1822. From his schooldays onwards he was fascinated by science, and his poetry is much enriched by the infusion of scientific imagery.1 Shelley was the eldest son of a dull country squire and Whig Member of Parliament, Timothy Shelley of Field Place near Horsham, Sussex. Sent to Eton College when he wa…
Erasmus Darwin’s life at Lichfield
Erasmus Darwin lived from 1731 until 1802, and the last 20 years of his life, at Derby, are well documented. In the first half of his career as a physician, at Lichfield, the sources are scantier, and little is known about his first wife Mary (née Howard), who suffered chronic illness for several years before her death in 1770 at the age of 30. In particular, no letters written by Mary have been available; and the only known account of her illnes…
Erasmus Darwin Scientific source for the Romantic poets
The 1997 Wilkins Lecture
Long ago, I suggested that Erasmus Darwin ‘achieved more in a wider range of intellectual disciplines than anyone since’. This remark has not yet been contradicted; and that is perhaps enough to justify the choice of Erasmus Darwin as the subject of the Wilkins Lecture for 1997. I shall run quickly through his varied talents, comment on his personality and then outline his life and achievements. As an addition to the life story, I shall include g…
Doctor Erasmus Darwin's death in 1802
On 22 April 1802, The Times carried the following notice: On Sunday morning [18 April], while writing in his study, died, at the Priory near Derby, to which he had lately removed, DR. DARWIN, without the least previous indisposition [our italics]. This Gentleman justly held a high rank in the literary world, by his writings of the Botanic Garden, Zoonomia, Phytologia, &c. However, he had had previous health problems, and this cursory account of t…
Erasmus Darwin's improved design for steering carriages––and cars
Carriage journeys in England during the eighteenth century were notoriously dangerous. Rutted and pot–holed roads exacerbated the deficiencies in steering, springing and stability. In 1758 the young Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802; F.R.S. 1761) was travelling about 10,000 miles a year in visits to patients from his house at Lichfield. To alleviate the danger and discomfort of his journey, he developed a design for improved carriage steering and stab…
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