Encyclopedia - Harriet Martineau: Encyclopedia Ii - Harriet Martineau - London And The United States
In 1832 she moved to London, where she numbered among her acquaintances Henry Hallam, Henry Hart Milman, Thomas Malthus, Monckton Milnes,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory
This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlotte Brontë: Encyclopedia - Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the trio of Brontë sisters whose novels hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westminster Review: Encyclopedia - Westminster Review
The Westminster Review was founded in 1823 by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill as a journal for philosophical radicals, and was published fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882) was a British naturalist who achieved lasting fame by establishing the fact ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin - Life
Charles Darwin - Early life. Main article: Charles Darwin's education Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - History And Development
Newcastle, known at the time as "Pons Aelius" was founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian, whose Wall is still visible in parts of Newcastle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reaction To Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Reaction To Darwin's Theory - Erasmus And Martineau
Darwin's brother Erasmus thought it "the most interesting book I have ever read", and sent a copy to his old flame Miss Harriet Martineau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - History And Development
Newcastle, known at the time as "Pons Aelius" was founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian, whose Wall is still visible in parts of Newcastle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Darwin's Theory - Barnacles
A single barnacle species was left to describe, and Darwin began dissecting with the assistance of Hooker who was now at Kew. To compare ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwich: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwich - History
Norwich - Roman. The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is now at modern day Caistor S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Philosophers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophers - Notes
Note O: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lake District: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake District - Geography
The Lake District is only about 34 miles (55 km) across (north-to-south or west-to-east), but manages to pack into that relatively small ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - Second Opium War
At the beginning of 1857 tidings from China reached England of a rupture between the British plenipotentiary in that country and the gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli (Florence, 1469-1527), best known for his Il Principe was the founder of realist political philosophy, advocated rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Return To Celebrity And Science
When the Beagle returned, Darwin was quick to take the coach home and arrived at the family home of The Mount House in Shrewsbury, Shrops...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erasmus Alvey Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Erasmus Alvey Darwin - Education
He attended Shrewsbury School 1815–1822 as a boarder, and as a frail and studious boy his interest was in books and plants rather than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin - Life
Charles Darwin - Early life. Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, on February 12, 1809, at his family home, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Theory
Charles went house-hunting by day. At night he thought about "innumerable variations" (which he still thought were acquired in some way) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Marriage
Emma came to help and they found the gaudily decorated house they nicknamed "Macaw Cottage" in Gower Street, London, and Darwin moved his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Malthus And Natural Law
After returning to London on 1 August 1838 Darwin read a review of Auguste Comte's Positive Philosophy at the Athenaeum Club. It bolstere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Proposal
Darwin's thoughts and work continued and he suffered repeated bouts of illness. On 11 November he returned to Maer Hall and proposed to E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Background: Influences
After his early life in a Unitarian family, Charles Darwin's education developed his interest in natural history. At Edinburgh University...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Animal Observations
By February 1838 Darwin was on to a new pocketbook, the maroon C notebook, and was investigating the breeding of domestic animals. He fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Thoughts Of Marriage
The Hensleigh Wedgwoods were now living next door to Erasmus and were visited for a week by Catherine Darwin and Emma Wedgwood. Charles v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Transmutation
Scientific circles were buzzing with ideas of Transmutation of species with most medical men talking of a legislated "process of change",...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inception Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Inception Of Darwin's Theory - Summary - Outline Of Inception Of Theory
At Darwin's #Geological début, species related to places were shown when the ornithologist John Gould noticed that specimens from the Ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Media
Newcastle upon Tyne - Broadcast. ITV franchisee Tyne Tees Television recently moved its headquarters from City Road to a new facility o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - First Publications
In 1835 he published his first pamphlet, entitled England, Ireland and America, by a Manchester Manufacturer. Cobden advocated the princi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - Early Years
Cobden was born at a farmhouse called Dunford, near Midhurst, in Sussex. His family had been resident in that neighbourhood for many gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reaction To Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Reaction To Darwin's Theory - Debate
Reaction to Darwin's theory - Essays and Reviews. Around February 1860 liberal theologians entered the fray, when seven produced a mani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reaction To Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Reaction To Darwin's Theory - First Reviews
The reviewers were less encouraging. The authoritative Athenaeum was quick to pick out the unstated implications of "men from monkeys", s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - Corn Laws
In 1838, an association was formed in Manchester in opposition to the Corn Laws, which, on his suggestion, was afterwards changed into a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - Tribute And Sojourn
Cobden had sacrificed his business, his domestic comforts and for a time his health to the campaign. His friends therefore felt, that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - Legacy
Cobden, and what is was called "Cobdenism" and later identified with laissez-faire, was subjected to much criticism from the school of En...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - American Civil War
When the Civil War threatened to break out in the United States, Cobden was deeply distressed. But after the conflict became inevitable h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - Peace Campaigner
When Cobden returned from abroad, he addressed himself to what seemed to him the logical complement of free trade, namely, the promotion ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reaction To Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Reaction To Darwin's Theory - Background
Darwin's ideas developed rapidly from the return in 1836 of the Voyage of the Beagle. By December 1838 he had developed the principles of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Museums & Places Of Interest
Newcastle upon Tyne - In Newcastle. Hancock Museum (Natural History) Military Vehicle Museum Discovery Museum (Science and Local Histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Education
The city has two universities, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne that earned the coveted Sunday Times University of the Year award in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Sport
The City has a strong sporting tradition, being home to Premiership football team Newcastle United, and Guinness Premiership rugby union ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Transport And Infrastructure
Newcastle upon Tyne - Air. Newcastle International Airport located near Ponteland is the fastest growing airport in the UK. The airpor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Entertainment
Newcastle upon Tyne - Bars and clubs. Newcastle has a reputation of being a fun-loving city with many bars, restaurants and night clubs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Religion
Newcastle upon Tyne - Christianity. Newcastle has two cathedrals, the Anglican St. Nicholas and the Roman Catholic St. Mary's. Cardinal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - List Of People From Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne - Born in Newcastle. Rudolph Abel - Soviet super-spy Thomas Addison - Diagnostician (Addison's Disease) Donna Air ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Gay Community
Focused on the Times Square area near the Centre for Life, the "Pink Triangle" hosts approximately 12–14 bars and pubs, and two clubs, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erasmus Alvey Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Erasmus Alvey Darwin - Uncle Ras
While Charles Darwin's illness made him increasingly reclusive after his move to Downe, he would still visit Erasmus as one of his relati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Urban Development
Newcastle upon Tyne - Notable architecture. The city has an extensive neoclassical centre, largely developed in the 1830s by Richard Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Darwin's Theory - Background
Charles Darwin became a naturalist at a point in the history of evolutionary thought when theories of Transmutation were being developed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lake District: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake District - Development Of Tourism
Early visitors to the Lake District who travelled for the education and pleasure of the journey include Celia Fiennes who in 1698 underto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lake District: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake District - Industry And Agriculture
Historically, farming, in particular of sheep, was the major industry in the region. The breed most closely associated with the area is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lake District: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake District - Climate
The Lake District's location on the north-west cost of England, coupled with its mountainous geography, makes it the wettest part of Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lake District: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake District - Literature
The Lake District is intimately associated with the history of English literature in the 18th and 19th centuries. In point of time the po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - Anders Chydenius
Anders Chydenius (Finland (then a part of the Swedish realm), 1729-1803) His book Den Nationale Winsten proposed roughly same the ideas a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erasmus Alvey Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Erasmus Alvey Darwin - Miss Martineau
In May 1834 Charles got a letter from his sisters recommending Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated in pamphlet sized parts by the fiercely ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Architecture And Urban Development
The city has an extensive neoclassical centre, largely developed in the 1830s by Richard Grainger and John Dobson, and recently extensive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin - Works
Charles Darwin - Published works. 1836: A LETTER, Containing Remarks on the Moral State of TAHITI, NEW ZEALAND, &c. – BY CAPT. R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin - Legacy
Charles Darwin's theory that evolution occurred through natural selection changed the thinking of countless fields of study from biology ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison (United States, 1805-1879) Some literature: Articles advocating abolition of slavery in the newspaperThe Liberat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza (Netherlands, 1632-1677) is in his Tractatus Theologico-Politicus and Tractatus Politicus a proto-liberal defending the va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (United Kingdom, 1806-1873) is one of the first champions of modern "liberalism" as such, his work on political economy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - Adolf Berle
Adolf Berle (United States, 1895-1971) was author of The Modern Corporation and Private Property, detailing the importance of differentia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin - Religious Views
Charles Darwin came from a Nonconformist background. Though several members of his family were Freethinkers, openly lacking conventional ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama (United States, 1952- ) Fukuyama is best known as the author of the controversial book The End of History and the Last M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Sport
The City has a strong sporting tradition, being home to Premiership football team Newcastle United, and Guinness Premiership rugby union ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Transport And Infrastructure
Newcastle upon Tyne - Air. Newcastle International Airport located near Ponteland is the fastest growing airport in the UK. The airport...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin - Legacy
Charles Darwin's theory that evolution occurred through natural selection changed the thinking of countless fields of study from biology ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwich: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwich - Architecture
Norwich is considered to have a wealth of historical architecture. The medieval period is represented by the 11th-century cathedral, 12th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Education
The city has two universities, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne that earned the coveted Sunday Times University of the Year award in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Darwin's Theory - Married Life
In 1839, now married to Emma and settled in foggy London, Darwin continued to look to the countryside for information and began a Questio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Darwin's Theory - First Writings On The Theory
In January 1842 Darwin sent a tentative description of his ideas in a letter to Lyell, who was then touring America. Lyell, dismayed that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erasmus Alvey Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Erasmus Alvey Darwin - Retirement
In the summer of 1829 he gave up medicine as his father Doctor Robert Waring Darwin considered that Erasmus's "delicate frame" could not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Development Of Darwin's Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Development Of Darwin's Theory - Renewal Of Work On Species
By September 1854 his second volume of Barnacles had been printed and dispatched, and he turned his attention to Species, telling his cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwich: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwich - Geography
Norwich - Infrastructure. Norwich is connected to Peterborough via Kings Lynn by the A47, the (port of) Ipswich by the A140, Cambridge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwich: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwich - Travellers' Comments
In 1507 the poet John Skelton (1460-1529) wrote of two destructive fires in his Lament for the City of Norwich. All life is brief, and f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Religion
Newcastle upon Tyne - Christianity. Newcastle has two cathedrals, the Anglican St. Nicholas and the Roman Catholic St. Mary's. Cardinal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Entertainment
Newcastle upon Tyne - Bars and clubs. Newcastle has a reputation of being a fun-loving city with many bars, restaurants and night clubs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwich: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwich - Present-day
Norwich - Culture. The University of East Anglia on the outskirts of Norwich was one of the New Universities founded in 1963, following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Media
Newcastle upon Tyne - Broadcast. ITV franchisee Tyne Tees Television recently moved its headquarters from City Road to a new facility o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Museums & Places Of Interest
Newcastle upon Tyne - In Newcastle. Hancock Museum (Natural History) Military Vehicle Museum Discovery Museum (Science and Local Histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - Gay Community
Focused on the Times Square area near the Centre for Life, the "Pink Triangle" hosts approximately 12–14 bars and pubs, and two clubs, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newcastle Upon Tyne: Encyclopedia Ii - Newcastle Upon Tyne - List Of People From Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne - Born in Newcastle. Rudolph Abel - Soviet super-spy Thomas Addison - Diagnostician (Addison's Disease) Donna Air ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harriet Martineau: Encyclopedia Ii - Harriet Martineau - Mesmerism
Miss Martineau edited a volume of Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development, published in March 1851. Its form is that of a cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harriet Martineau: Encyclopedia Ii - Harriet Martineau - Early Life
Martineau was born in Norwich, where her father was a manufacturer. The family was of Huguenot extraction (see James Martineau) and profe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harriet Martineau: Encyclopedia Ii - Harriet Martineau - Ambleside
In 1844 Miss Martineau underwent a course of mesmerism, and in a few months was restored to health. She eventually published an account o...   » Read the article