scholarly journals Un discurso inédito de Víctor Sainz de Robles en 1867

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-132
Author(s):  
Emilio Cervantes
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
Spanish Science ◽  
Historia Natural ◽  
Academic Year

RESUMEN El discurso de Víctor Sainz de Robles en la apertura del curso académico de 1867 a 1868 en el Instituto de Guadalajara expone el desarrollo y objetivos de la Enseñanza Media en la España pre-revolucionaria. En la época se hizo énfasis en mantener en los institutos colecciones de Historia Natural, con piezas de interés local, lo cual ha podido apoyar la tesis de cierto provincialismo en la ciencia española, pero el conocimiento del entorno inmediato, base de su cuidado y respeto, no significa provincialismo. Se presenta al orador, destacando sus vinculaciones navarras, así como una breve biografía. Se discute la importancia de la educación y sus fundamentos quedan patentes en el discurso. LABURPENA Víctor Sainz de Roblesek 1867-1868 ikasturteari hasiera emateko Guadalajarako Institutuan egin zuen hitzaldiak azaltzen du zeintzuk ziren irakaskuntza ertainaren helburuak eta garapena iraultza aurreko Espainian. Garai hartan, ahalegin handia egin zen institutuetan historia naturalari buruzko bildumak osatzeko, tokiko interesa zuten piezak eskuratuz; hori frogatzat hartzen ahal da esateko Espainako zientzian nolabaiteko probintzialismoa egon dela. Hala ere, ingurune hurbilaren ezagutza, hura zaindu eta errespetatzeko oinarri dena, ez da probintzialismoa. Hizlariaren aurkezpena egiten da, hark Nafarroarekin zituen loturak azpimarratzen dira, eta biografia labur bat ematen. Eztabaidatzen da zer garrantzi duen hezkuntzak, eta horren oinarriak agerian gelditzen dira hitzaldian. ABSTRACT Victor Sainz de Robles’ speech at the opening of the 1867-1868 academic year at the Institute of Guadalajara explains the development and objectives of secondary education in pre-revolutionary Spain. At the time, emphasis was placed on maintaining Natural History collections in the institutes, with pieces of local interest, which could support the thesis of a certain provincialism in Spanish science, but knowledge of the immediate environment, the basis of its care and respect, does not mean provincialism. The speaker is presented, highlighting his Navarrese connections, as well as a brief biography. The importance of education is discussed and its foundations are made clear in the speech.

Joseph Sidebotham: vicissitudes of a Victorian collector

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence M. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Species Limits ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
As Species ◽  
Scientific World

Joseph Sidebotham (1824–1885) was a Manchester cotton baron whose natural history collections are now in the Manchester Museum. In addition to collecting he suggested a method for identifying and classifying Lepidoptera and investigated variation within species as well as species limits. With three close collaborators, he is credited with discovering many species new to Britain in both Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. A suspicion of fraud attaches to these claims. The evidence is not clear-cut in the Lepidoptera, but a possible reason is suggested why Sidebotham, as an amateur in the increasingly professional scientific world, might have engaged in deceit.

The Banksian natural history collections of the Endeavour voyage and their relevance to modern taxonomy

1981 ◽  
Vol 1981 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
H. B. Carter ◽  
Judith A. Diment ◽  
C. J. Humphries ◽  
Alwyne Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Collections

Correspondence between Adolphe Brongniart and Robert Schomburgk: trading natural history collections for honours

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-336
Author(s):  
PIOTR DASZKIEWICZ ◽  
MICHEL JEGU
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
British Guiana ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
History Of ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
German Naturalist

ABSTRACT: This paper discusses some correspondence between Robert Schomburgk (1804–1865) and Adolphe Brongniart (1801–1876). Four letters survive, containing information about the history of Schomburgk's collection of fishes and plants from British Guiana, and his herbarium specimens from Dominican Republic and southeast Asia. A study of these letters has enabled us to confirm that Schomburgk supplied the collection of fishes from Guiana now in the Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. The letters of the German naturalist are an interesting source of information concerning the practice of sale and exchange of natural history collections in the nineteenth century in return for honours.

Assessing Environmental Acidity in Storerooms of Natural History Collections

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-182
Author(s):  
Marta Pérez‐Azcárate ◽  
Berta Caballero‐López ◽  
Francesc Uribe ◽  
Neus Ibáñez ◽  
Glòria Masó ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Collections

scholarly journals “Attractive to Strangers and Instructive to Students.” The McCullochs’ 19th Century Bird Collection in Dalhousie College

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-108
Author(s):  
Eric L. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Hybrid Origin ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Great Caution ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
Thomas Mcculloch

Thomas McCulloch, Presbyterian minister and educator, founder of Pictou Academy, first President of Dalhousie College 1838-1843, established a museum in Pictou, NS, by 1828, including a bird collection. To McCulloch, the order of the natural world instilled in students principles of a liberal education and a model of society. His first collections were sold, but when McCulloch came to Dalhousie in 1838 he started a new collection, hoping to make it the basis of a provincial museum. In this he was aided by his son Thomas, who had been trained as a taxidermist. The younger McCulloch kept and expanded the collection until his death, after which it passed to Dalhousie College. The current McCulloch Collection, mainly the work of Thomas McCulloch junior, seems to exemplify purposes and practices of 19th century natural history. But research shows that the collection has a hybrid origin and must be viewed with great caution as an historical artifact. This is a case study in the difficulty of interpreting 19th century natural history collections without careful examination of their history.

scholarly journals The Natural History Collections

Nature ◽  
1878 ◽  
Vol 18 (456) ◽  
pp. 328-328
Author(s):  
A. NATURALIST
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Collections
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