Reign of the beast : the atheist world of W. D. Saull and his museum of evolution /

"In the 1830s, decades before Darwin published the Origin of Species, a museum of evolution flourished in London. Reign of the Beast pieces together the extraordinary story of this lost working-man's institution and its enigmatic owner, the wine merchant W. D. Saull. A financial backer of...

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Main Author:	Desmond, Adrian J., 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2024.
Subjects:	Saull, William Devonshire, > 1783-1855. Evolution > Museums. Geological museums. Archaeological museums and collections. Atheism. Archéologie > Musées et collections. Évolution > Musées. Géologie > Musées. Athéisme. atheism.