Mélanie Cournil
Biographic Data
| ID | 4640177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mélanie Cournil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mélanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Cournil |
| SIGNATURE | COURNIL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sorbonne Université |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3447-432X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Science ‘subservient to profit’? William Jackson Hooker and the first Glasgow Botanic Gardens (1817–1841)
This article examines the scientific legacy of the first Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the part they played in the global circulation of botanical knowledge, from their creation in 1817 to their relocation to the West End of Glasgow in 1841. Located in a thriving industrial city with strong commercial ties to the British Caribbean, the gardens stood at an important crossroads of political and economic interests, scientific discovery, cultural innov…
No prominent works on this page.
Science ‘subservient to profit’? William Jackson Hooker and the first Glasgow Botanic Gardens (1817–1841)
This article examines the scientific legacy of the first Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the part they played in the global circulation of botanical knowledge, from their creation in 1817 to their relocation to the West End of Glasgow in 1841. Located in a thriving industrial city with strong commercial ties to the British Caribbean, the gardens stood at an important crossroads of political and economic interests, scientific discovery, cultural innov…
Economic history (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work) · Historical and Literary Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · History of Science and Natural History (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Political science (1 work) · Politics (1 work)