Clergymen abiding in the fields: The making of the naturalist observer in eighteenth-century Norwegian natural history

Science in Context

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-166

  Brenna, Brita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTANY; CLERGY; DENMARK; HISTORY; HUMAN; NORWAY; RELIGION; REVIEW;

BOTANY; CHRISTIANITY; CLERGY; DENMARK; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NATURAL HISTORY; NORWAY;

EID: 79956128445     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: 14740664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269889711000044     Document Type: Review

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