Talk:L. T. C. Rolt

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[edit] Casw*ll

Does anyone know what is the correct spelling of Caswell/Caswall? Rogerson has "Caswall" but in the Landscape books and just about every other book I have he's just L.T.C... Google searching gives either in various places. Greg 20:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Correct Spelling of L.T.C. Rolt's name

According to his birth certificate he was born on 11th Feburary 1910 at number 7 South View, Eaton Road, Chester. And his name is Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt. --PRG Roberts 10:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I've added his full DOB now too. --Greg 10:58, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rolt Snow and two cultures

C.P.Snow is generally credited for the concept of "The Two Cultures", but I found in at least two of Rolt's books serious discussion of this problem, a few years before Snow's. I thought it worth adding a quote to illustrate this and link to Snow's page. But people may differ. There is a whole page devoted to "The Two Cultures", but clearly the idea was in the air so to speak. Rolt situates the origin of the split at around 1850. The "Two Cultures" page says:

As a trained scientist who was also a successful novelist, Snow was well placed to pose the question

and the same can be said of Rolt. --RobertCailliau 06:40, 6 July 2007 (UTC)