South Carolina Naturalists: An Anthology, 1700-1860

by David Taylor (Editor)

At the conclusion of an American Association for the Advancement of Science conference held in Charleston in 1850, Dr. A.A. Gould commented, "In science, South Carolina has stood almost alone in the South". Many of the first and best studies of North American flora and fauna were conducted in there. This volume illuminates the wealth and significance of antebellum natural history studies in South Carolina and the state's natural diversity.

241 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1998

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[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Author David Taylor pulled together this anthology of excerpts from 30 early South Carolina naturalists. It seems that the period covered in this anthology (1700-1860) truly was a golden age of natural history writing in South Carolina. Sadly, that period was brought to a close by Darwinism and the Civil War. Today we have entire nature channels and nature websites but we'll never return to that time when, "every Victorian young lady could reel off the names of twenty different kinds of ferns or fungus".