Martin Hewitt
@vicmanch.bsky.social
Victorianist. President of the British Association for Victorian Studies. Just published Darwinism's Generations. The Reception of Darwinian Evolution in Britain, 1859-1909. https://tinyurl.com/52xkw9rj Check me out at profmartinhewitt.com
The Strachey-Briggs 'dine across the divide'! Now there's an occasion it would be worth being turned into a fly for!
October 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Strachey-Briggs 'dine across the divide'! Now there's an occasion it would be worth being turned into a fly for!
I'm not sure that in his late career I would have gone as far as recommending him as a PhD supervisor; but there's no doubting the boost you get from having one of the greats of the field treat your tentative doctoral work as substantial and worthy of serious discussion and encouragement.
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I'm not sure that in his late career I would have gone as far as recommending him as a PhD supervisor; but there's no doubting the boost you get from having one of the greats of the field treat your tentative doctoral work as substantial and worthy of serious discussion and encouragement.
Yes, it's a bit of a puzzle, although as some sort of a progressive Anglican I don't think there was necessarily much distance between Lewis and Parker.
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yes, it's a bit of a puzzle, although as some sort of a progressive Anglican I don't think there was necessarily much distance between Lewis and Parker.