Glimpses of the wonderful
Subtitle: the life of Philip Henry Gosse, 1810-1888
By: Ann Thwaite.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Gosse, Philip Henry.; Gosse, Philip Henry, -- 1810-1888.; Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Today, Philip Henry Gosse is remembered, if at all, as the patriarch and tyrannical religious maniac in his son Edmund's memoir, Father and Son. This is a vivid reassessment of the life of Philip Henry Gosse, the renowned Victorian naturalist, author, illustrator and Christian fundamentalist, who as both friend and antagonist of Charles Darwin, was at the very heart of the Victorian conflict between science and religion. Thwaite shows that Gosse believed that "the gratification of scientific curiosity is worse than useless if we ignore God."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.