Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Thomas H Huxley Nineteenth Century Peter C Mitchell New Review

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism, Controversy, Amateurism

    Contrasts the affectionate obituary of John Tyndall penned by the surviving member of 'the Great Twin Brethren of belligerent evolutionism' with 'a somewhat coldly-critical estimate' which suggests that Tyndall possessed only 'the instincts of the intelligent amateur' and 'left little impression upon science'.