Among the many scientific pursuits in which Lind engaged, he had a lifelong intetest in geology and meteorology. Since his days in Edinburgh, he had been a great friend of the geologist James Hutton (1726-97), with whom he maintained correspondence after his move to Windsor. Lind's other friends and correspondents in these fields included James Playfair (1748-1819) and Jean-Andre De Luc (1727-1817).
Click on the image to the right of James Hutton for links to further details of Lind's interests in this field and their influence on the imagery used in Percy Shelley's poetry.
Lind the Earth Scientist
Among the many scientific pursuits in which Lind engaged, he had a lifelong intetest in geology and meteorology. Since his days in Edinburgh, he had been a great friend of the geologist James Hutton (1726-97), with whom he maintained correspondence after his move to Windsor. Lind's other friends and correspondents in these fields included James Playfair (1748-1819) and Jean-Andre De Luc (1727-1817).
Click on the image to the right of James Hutton for links to further details of Lind's interests in this field and their influence on the imagery used in Percy Shelley's poetry.
Lind the Earth Scientist
Among the many scientific pursuits in which Lind engaged, he had a lifelong intetest in geology and meteorology. Since his days in Edinburgh, he had been a great friend of the geologist James Hutton (1726-97), with whom he maintained correspondence after his move to Windsor. Lind's other friends and correspondents in these fields included James Playfair (1748-1819) and Jean-Andre De Luc (1727-1817).
Click on the image to the right of James Hutton for links to further details of Lind's interests in this field and their influence on the imagery used in Percy Shelley's poetry.
Lind the Earth Scientist
Click on the image to the right to read an article about James Lind's interest in volcanoes and their effect on the earth's climate, and how this may have influenced some of the imagery in Percy Shelley's poetry.
The article, entitled "A Volcano's Voice at Eton: Percy Shelley, James Lind, and Global Climatology", appeared in the Keats-Shelley Review, 17 (2003).
