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Title
Doctor By Nature: Jonathan Couch: Surgeon of Polperro
ISBN
0955954134
EAN
9780955954139
Binding
Paperback / softback
Date of Publication
2010-04-01
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Doctor By Nature: Jonathan Couch: Surgeon of Polperro
Artist
Johns, Jeremy Rowett
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Jonathan Couch (1789-1870), surgeon apothecary of Polperro, was one of the pioneering natural historians of his day, paving the way for others such as Darwin and Huxley to follow. His own county of Cornwall was every bit as much a place of discovery as the Galapagos Islands and his reputation is secured by his great works, notably his four-volume Fishes of the British Islands which remains a standard work of reference today. But his lively mind also turned to the migration of birds and the habits of bats; he wrote about fossils and flowing plants, sharks and shooting stars, crabs and carpenter bees, porpoises and potato disease. This account of his life and work, drawing on much previously unpublished material, tells the story of a remarkable man who, born in humble circumstances, rose to become one of the leading natural scientists of the 19th century. As a young man, he turned his back on a lucrative medical career in London, choosing instead to serve the people of his native village as their doctor for 60 years. A classical scholar, Methodist preacher, antiquarian and force behind road building projects, he was also a compassionate family man whose three marriages yielded 11 children and more than a fair share of grief.

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Publisher
Polperro Heritage Press
ISBN-13
9780955954139
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92554840

Product Key Features

Book Title
Doctor by Nature: Jonathan Couch: Surgeon of Polperro
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Medicine, Nature
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Type
Textbook
Author
Jeremy Rowett Johns
Format
Paperback

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232 mm
Item Width
155 mm

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United Kingdom
Title_Author
Jeremy Rowett Johns

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