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Darwin travels aboard the Beagle
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The Term "Scientist" coined by William Whewell
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"Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" published anonymously
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This book was originially only published in Britain, and made quite a scandal. -
Poe's "The Raven" appears, and makes his a household name.
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Melville publishes "Typee"
This book was incredibly well received, and made Melville famous as "the man who lived among the savages." The book did a lot to cement the idea of the noble savage in the minds of his readers, and illustrates the innocence and wonder often associated with the natural world by 19th century thinkers. -
Hawthorne's "Mosses from an Old Manse" published
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This essay is extremely famous, if only for the level of man love Melville gives Hawthorne. He calls him America's Shakespeare. Think about what this means in terms of American identiy, the search for understandable meaning, the search for absolutes, and the wonder with which many of these writers regard the world. -
Marx's "Communist Manifesto" appears
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Gregor Mendel begins his study of hybridization and inheritence by studying some 29,000 pea plants.
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American Civil War Begins
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Edison files his first patent for the carbon-filament light bulb.
