Routledge Revivals: John Phillips and the Business of Victorian Science (2005): The Fiction of the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross [Hardcover]

First published in 2005, this book represents the first full length biography of John Phillips, one of the most remarkable and important scientists of the Victorian period. Adopting a broad chronological approach, this book not only traces the development of Phillips career but clarifies and highlights his role within Victorian culture, shedding light on many wider themes. It explores how Phillips love of science was inseparable from his need to earn a living and develop a career which could sustain him. Hence questions of power, authority, reputation and patronage were central to Phillips career and scientific work. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources and a rich body of recent writings on Victorian science, this biography brings together his personal story with the scientific theories and developments of the day, and fixes them firmly within the context of wider society.

Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations, Conventions, and a Note on Monetary Values; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part I: The Scientific Apprentice 1800-1834; 1. The Apprentice Mineral Surveyor 1.1 The education of an orphan 1.2 Cabinet assistant to Smith 1.3 Surveying with Smith 1.4 Wandering with Smith 2. The Young Lecturer and Keeper 2.1 The Yorkshire Philosophical Society 2.2 The geological lectures of Smith and Phillips 2.3 Curating in York 2.4 Performing: home and away 2.5 Harcourt as Patron 2.6 The Coastal geologist 3. The Spreading Reputation 1829-1833 3.1 The York savant 3.2 Geological raids on the Continent 3.3 Vindicating William Smith 3.4 London overtures 3.5 The early British Association 3.6 The Royal Dublin Society; Part II: Making a Career 1834-1853; 4. The Provincial Base 4.1 YPS keeper 4.2 The mountain limestone monograph 4.3 Carboniferous expert 4.4 The philosophical carnival 4.5 The burden of lecturing 5. The Professor and Popular Writer 5.1 Kings College, London 5.2 The popularisation of geology 5.3 lÃ