Anna Botsford Comstock

The Comstocks of Cornell-The Definitive Autobiography (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: St. Clair, Karen Penders

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Comstocks of Cornell is the autobiography written by the naturalist educator Anna Botsford Comstock about her life and that of her husband, the entomologist John Henry Comstock-both prominent figures in the scientific community and in Cornell University history.

A first edition was published in 1953, but it omitted key Cornellians, historical anecdotes, and personal insights. In this twenty-first-century edition, Karen Penders St. Clair restores the author's voice by reconstructing the entire manuscript as Anna Comstock wrote it-and thereby preserves Comstock's memories of the personal and professional lives of the couple as she originally intended. The book includes an epilogue documenting the Comstocks' last years and fills in gaps from the 1953 edition. Described as serious legacy work, this book is an essential part of the history of both Cornell University and its press.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781501716287
• Artikelnr.: 56948509

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