Science 'subservient to profit'? William Jackson Hooker and the first Glasgow Botanic Gardens (1817-1841).

IF 1.2 1区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI:10.1017/S0007087424001456

Mélanie Cournil

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This article examines the scientific legacy of the first Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the part they played in the global circulation of botanical knowledge, from their creation in 1817 to their relocation to the West End of Glasgow in 1841. Located in a thriving industrial city with strong commercial ties to the British Caribbean, the gardens stood at an important crossroads of political and economic interests, scientific discovery, cultural innovation and imperial motives. They were managed by the talented English botanist William Jackson Hooker, who strove to transform them into a training ground for prospective botanists and a leading scientific institution. Yet, like many other botanical establishments of similar stature at the time, the gardens encountered many financial setbacks that hampered their success and threatened the scientific ambitions of Hooker and his peers. This article discusses the extent of the gardens' scientific contribution within and beyond the borders of Britain and seeks to determine the degree to which science in these gardens was constrained by economic factors.

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科学“服从利益”？威廉·杰克逊·胡克和第一个格拉斯哥植物园（1817-1841）。

本文考察了第一个格拉斯哥植物园的科学遗产，以及从1817年创建到1841年搬迁到格拉斯哥西区，它们在植物学知识的全球流通中所起的作用。这座花园位于一个繁荣的工业城市，与英属加勒比地区有着紧密的商业联系，位于政治和经济利益、科学发现、文化创新和帝国动机的重要十字路口。它们由才华横溢的英国植物学家威廉·杰克逊·胡克（William Jackson Hooker）管理，他努力将它们改造成未来植物学家的训练场和领先的科学机构。然而，就像当时许多其他具有类似地位的植物机构一样，这些植物园遭遇了许多经济挫折，阻碍了它们的成功，并威胁到胡克和他的同行们的科学抱负。本文讨论了这些花园在英国境内外的科学贡献程度，并试图确定这些花园的科学受经济因素制约的程度。

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期刊介绍： This leading international journal publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history of science. History of science is interpreted widely to include medicine, technology and social studies of science. BJHS papers make important and lively contributions to scholarship and the journal has been an essential library resource for more than thirty years. It is also used extensively by historians and scholars in related fields. A substantial book review section is a central feature. There are four issues a year, comprising an annual volume of over 600 pages. Published for the British Society for the History of Science