Robert Chambers FRSE FGS (/ˈtʃeɪmbərz/; 10 July 1802 – 17 March 1871) was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles.
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What was Robert Chambers best known for?
Publisher and writer
In 1832 he helped his brother, William Chambers, launch a weekly paper, 'Edinburgh Journal'. They founded W and R Chambers, publishers of school text-books, People's Editions of literary works and the famous Chamber's encyclopaedia and Chamber's English dictionary.
What did Robert Chambers believe?
He saw biological evolution as steady upward progress, governed by unknown laws. . . Chambers's book contains little that proved of lasting scientific value. Yet it demonstrates that many of the concerns that Darwin was thinking about were well known to the British public.
What did Robert Chambers say about evolution?
There was a man called Robert Chambers, who wrote Vestiges of Creation. In this book, he claimed that, in fact, life had changed: there had been an alteration of primordial kinds of humans, cats, and dogs, but he thought that it was due to nature working out God's plan.
Robert Chambers LLD, author and publisher, died on 17 March 1871 aged 69 years. The entry in the statutory register for the district of St Andrews and St ...
Robert Chambers, 1802 - 1871. Author and publisher [a] by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson | National Galleries of Scotland. Support our mission to make ...
Robert Chambers (born July 10, 1802, Peebles, Peeblesshire [now in Scottish Borders], Scotland—died March 17, 1871, St. Andrews, Fife) was a Scottish author, ...
Robert's main interest was at first Scottish history and folklore; he even wrote a book on Scottish humor. Meanwhile, he had taught himself the basics of ...
CHAMBERS, ROBERT (1802–1871), Edinburgh publisher, author of 'Vestiges of Creation,' was born in Peebles 10 July 1802, of a family long settled in that town.
William Robert Chambers (10 July 1802 – 17 March 1871) was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor.
Chambers, Robert (1802–1871), publisher and writer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
18/04/2018 · Robert Chambers FRSE FGS LLD was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who was highly influential ...
Robert Chambers (1802-71), Scottish publisher, geologist, writer and journal editor, was founder and partner with his brother William in W. & R. Chambers ...
