Talk:Edward Blyth

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[edit] Eisely-centric

This account relies way too heavily on the work of Loren Eiseley, which is not very well respected for its historical accuracy anymore. This really needs some updating using historiography from at least the 1980s, much less things more current. --Fastfission 21:03, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Creationism

"Blyth was also a Christian, and probably would be branded today as a creationist" I removed this sentence as unhelpful, but it has been reinstated. I do not see why it is appropriate to label 19th century biologists with anachronistic terms taken from modern debates. The claim also comes close to the weaselly implication that a Christian is necessarily a creationist, which is both provocatively POV and untrue. Myopic Bookworm 09:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Darwin's copies of Blyth's articles

I have removed the comment about Darwin's copies of Blyth's articles being in the University of Cambridge Library, and the corresponding reference. This information was taken from a page on my web site, and more recent research indicates that the journals are not held at that location now. I am still trying to find out what has happened to them.
Andrew Bradbury. 09:22, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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