Charles Kingsley

Broschiertes Buch

Madam How and Lady Why

First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children

Beschreibung

2021 Reprint of the 1923 Edition. Illustrated Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Although first published in eighteen sixty-nine, Charles Kingsley's Madam How and Lady Why remains a classic book on earth science. Presented as a series of easy conversations dealing with natural phenomenon like earthquakes, volcanoes, coral reefs etc, it gives readers a basic understanding of geologic and earth knowledge. This 1923 edition is presented complete and unabridged, including all of the intricate illustrations featured in the original publication.

Autor

Charles Kingsley was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university lecturer, a social reformer, a historian, a novelist, and a poet. He lived from 12 June 1819 to 23 January 1875. He is known for his involvement in Christian socialism, the working men's college, and the establishment of labor cooperatives, which were unsuccessful but inspired later labor reforms. He was Charles Darwin's friend and correspondent. The eldest child of the Reverend Charles Kingsley and his wife, Mary Lucas Kingsley, Kingsley was born in Holne, Devon. Both his sister Charlotte Chanter (1828-1882) and brother Henry Kingsley (1830-1876) were writers. He was the uncle of the explorer and scientist Mary Kingsley and the father of the novelist Lucas Malet (Mary St. Leger Kingsley, 1852-1931). (1862-1900). The early years of Charles Kingsley were spent in Barnack, Northamptonshire, and Clovelly, Devon, where his father served as Curate from 1826 to 1832 and Rector from 1832 to 1836. Before attending King's College London and the University of Cambridge, he received his education at Bristol Grammar School and Helston Grammar School. Charles enrolled in Cambridge's Magdalene College in 1838 and earned his degree there in 1842.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Martino Fine Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781684225491
• ISBN-10: 1684225493
• Artikelnr.: 61694015