Hesketh, Ian.

Of apes and ancestors : evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford debate / - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2009. - viii, 144 pages :

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Charles Darwin: historian of natural history -- The struggles of Soapy Sam -- Thomas Henry Huxley and Richard Owen: or, Darwin's bulldog and the queer fish -- Joseph Dalton Hooker and the early history of a great friendship -- The Oxford debate -- Remembering the Oxford debate -- Epilogue: the history of the present.

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Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
Wilberforce, Samuel, 1805-1873.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Evolution (biology) - Great Britain - history - 19th century.
Religion and science - Great Britain - history - 19th century.
Great Britain - intellectual life - 19th century.

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