Tamara Miner Haygood - Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887: South Carolina scientist in the Civil War era
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Provides an engaging and illuminating view of the culture of the South and the study of natural history. . . . Ravenels achievements, Haygood argues, refute Clement Eatons contention that slavery stifled creative thought; they also modify the more extravagant claim for southern equality with northern science made in Thomas Cary Johnsons Scientific Interests in the Old South (1936). American Historical ReviewConvincingly argues for the importance of these middle years to understanding American science and vividly illustrates the effect of the Civil War on science. . . . Ravenel, a geographically isolated planter with a college degree but no scientific training, managed to serve as one of Americas leading mycologists, despite continual financial and medical problems and the disruption of the Civil War. This lively account of his life and work is at once inspiring and tragic. Journal of the History of BiologyA thoroughly enjoyable biography of one of the important American naturalists, botanists, and mycologists of the 1800s. . . . Truly an outstanding contribution to the history of American science. Brittonia
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Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887 : South Carolina Scientist in the Civil War Era History of American Science and Technology Series
author
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Haygood, Tamara Miner.
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0817302972
print isbn13
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9780817302979
ebook isbn13
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9780585266046
language
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English
subject
Ravenel, Henry William,--1814-1887, Botany--South Carolina--History--19th century, Botanists--South Carolina--Biography.
publication date
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1987
lcc
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QK31.R3H39 1987eb
ddc
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580.92/4
subject
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Ravenel, Henry William,--1814-1887, Botany--South Carolina--History--19th century, Botanists--South Carolina--Biography.
Page i
Henry William Ravenel, 18141887
Page ii
History of American Science and Technology Series
General Editor, Lester D. Stephens
The Eagle's Nest: Natural History and American Ideas, 18121842, by Charlotte M. Porter
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science, by David N. Livingstone
Henry William Ravenel, 18141887: South Carolina Scientist in the Civil War Era, by Tamara Miner Haygood
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Henry William Ravenel, 1869 (Courtesy of South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, South Carolina)
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Henry William Ravenel, 18141887
South Carolina Scientist in the Civil War Era
Tamara Miner Haygood
Page vi
Copyright 1987 by The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
Publication of this book was made possible, in part, by financial assistance from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundgation and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Haygood, Tamara Miner, 1956 Henry William Ravenel, 18141887: South Carolina scientist in the Civil War era. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Ravenel, Henry William, 18141887. 2. South CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 18611865. 3. Botanists South CarolinaBiography. 1. Title. QK31.R3H39 1987 580.92'4 [B] 85-28961 ISBN 0-8173-0297-2
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available.
Page vii
With love and gratitude to my father W. A. Miner and to the memory of my mother Mimi Louise Miner
Page ix
Contents
Illustrations
x
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
1. Growing up in the Low Country, 18141829
5
2. College and Young Manhood, 18291839
11
3. American Scientist, 18391849
27
4. Watershed Years, 18501853
53
5. International Mycology, 18531859
71
6. The Disruption of War, 18601865
94
7. Getting By, 18651869
112
8. A Botanist Once More, 18691887
132
Epilogue
150
Conclusion
152
Notes
159
Bibliography
186
Index
200
Page x
Illustrations
Henry William Ravenel
frontispiece
Moses Ashley Curtis
39
Ravenel's home at Northampton
48
Edward Tuckerman
48
Miles Joseph Berkeley
54
Ravenel's residence in Aiken
140
Page xi
Acknowledgments
During the course of work on Henry Ravenel, it has been my pleasure to meet many kind people who paved my road with their knowledge and enthusiasm. I am glad to have this chance to thank them for their help. Personnel at all the archives I consulted were, without exception, patient and encouraging and often went to much trouble on my account. I should mention in particular Allen Stokes of the South Caroliniana Library, Donald Pfister of the Farlow Herbarium, and Betsy Shaw of the Gray Herbarium. In addition, staff at the Academy of Science of Philadelphia and the Hunt Institute in Pittsburgh took time to look for Ravenel material in their collections. The Herbarium and the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas in Austin on several occasions provided access to some of the rarer published works. Larry Davenport of the Mohr Herbarium at the University of Alabama helped me with Ravenel's Alabama correspondent Thomas Minott Peters, as did Alexander Sartwell of the Alabama Geological Survey. Among librarians, special mention must be made of Fondren Library's Ferne Hyman, Kay Flowers, and Janet Pollens.
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