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Article: Trinity honours graduate who has become leading authority on Darwin
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- July 11, 2009
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Prof Janet Browne's interest in Charles Darwin was sparked as a
TCD botany student in the early 1970s
CHARLES DARWIN'S theory of evolution has remained "in essence the
same" since the publication of On The Origin of Speciesin 1859, the
Aramont professor in the history of science at Harvard University,
Janet Browne, told an audience in Trinity College, Dublin,
yesterday.
Prof Browne, a 1972 graduate in zoology from the college, was one
of five recipients of honorary degrees at Trinity yesterday.
A leading authority on the life of Darwin and author of an
acclaimed two-part biography, she gave a School of Natural Sciences
lecture on Darwin's life and work prior to receiving her degree.
Speaking ...