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Herbert Junius Hardwicke
A Victorian doctor and freethinking writer, this author brought science, religion, and public debate into direct conversation. His books and lectures aimed to make big ideas about evolution and belief accessible to ordinary readers.
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Evolution and creation
by Herbert Junius Hardwicke
About the author
Herbert Junius Hardwicke was a 19th-century British physician and author whose work moved between medicine, science, and religious criticism. Digitized editions of Evolution and Creation identify him as M.D., a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and a former editor of The Specialist.
He is best known for Evolution and Creation (1887) and for an earlier work, The Popular Faith Unveiled (1884). In the preface to Evolution and Creation, he explains that the later book grew out of lectures and articles he had delivered and published, especially on human origins and the development of religious ideas.
Records connected with his published works and library listings also show that he wrote on a wider range of subjects than religion alone, including travel and medical topics. A portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so none is included here.