Reminiscences of a Yorkshire naturalist / edited by his wife.

  • Williamson, William Crawford, 1816-1895.
Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Reminiscences of a Yorkshire naturalist / edited by his wife. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I v John Williamson’s Narrative—Maternal Grandparents—Craw- ford Laboratory—Childhood—Dame Schools—Mr. Potter’s School — Lebberston — Mrs. Johnson — 'William Smith — Thomas Hinderwell—Phillips’ “ Geology of the Yorkshire Coast”—Smith’s Personality—Thornton School—Journey to France—Life at Bourbourg .... pp. 1-23 CHAPTER II Visit to London — Murchison — Theatres — Return Home — Weddell’s Surgery — Surgery Work — Carrying Physic — Domestic Life—Surgery Cleaning—Doctors’ Bills—Distribu- tion of Country Bills—System of Apprenticeship—Shooting and Plant Hunting — Awakening Cords — Polytrichum on Oliver’s Mount—Memoir on Rare Birds—Fossil Flora— Drawing on the Kitchen Table—Weddell’s Botanical Lec- tures—Staith’s Excursion—Memoir to Geological Society— Fate of this Memoir—Messrs. Tate and Blake’s Misrepre- sentation—Insect Hunting—Nebria Livida—Second Dis- covery of Nebria Livida—Pomerine Skua . pp. 24-42