Anna Botsford Comstock

The Comstocks of Cornell--The Definitive Autobiography

Herausgeber: St Clair, Karen Penders

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book is a historic restoration of the complete autobiographical manuscript (later heavily edited) of a prominent Cornellian couple, John Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock, and their enduring legacy at Cornell University"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9781501716270
• ISBN-10: 1501716271
• Artikelnr.: 56972994

Autorenporträt

Karen Penders St. Clair is an independent researcher and holds a position in the School of Integrated Plant Science and Horticulture at Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849-1865
2. A Sailor and a Scholar
3. Undergraduate Days at Cornell, 1870-1874
4. Anna Botsford-Childhood and Girlhood
5. A University Professorship and Marriage, 1876-1879
6. Entomologist to U.S. Department of Agriculture (Life in Washington as
United States Entomologist, 1879-1881)
7. Return to Cornell
8. The Year 1888-1889; With a Winter in Germany
9. California and Stanford University
10. The Nature Study Movement at Cornell University; A Journey South to
Study Spiders
11. "How to Know Butterflies" and the "Confessions to a Heathen Idol"
12. A Sabbatical Year Abroad-Egypt and Greece
13. Italy, Switzerland, and Home
14. Chapter 15: 1908-1912, Cornell's New Quarters for Entomology and Nature
Study
15. The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal
Society and The International Entomological Congress
16. The 65th Milestone and Retirement
17. Florida and Retirement
18. The Toronto Meeting of the A.A.A.S. 1922. A surprising election and
voyage westward.
19. Honolulu and Happiness, A Voyage to Europe
20. Mentone
Editor's Epilogue