Sandra Herbert Explained

Sandra Herbert née Swanson (born April 10, 1942 in Chicago)^[1] is an American historian of science with an international reputation as an expert on Charles Darwin.^[2] The Geological Society of London awarded her the 2020 Sue Tyler Friedman Medal.^[3]

Biography

Sandra Lynn Swanson's father was an accountant^[1] and both her grandfathers worked at Chicago steel mills.^[4] She graduated in 1963 with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studied from Wittenberg University. At Brandeis University, she graduated in the History of Ideas with an M.A. in 1965 and a Ph.D. in 1968.^[5] Her Ph.D. thesis is entitled The Logic of Darwin's Discovery.^[6] In 1966 she married James Charles Herbert (born 1941), who received his Ph.D. in 1970 from Brandeis University and became an education executive. Sandra and James Herbert have two daughters.^[1] She became a professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and retired in 2009 as professor emerita.^[7]

Sandra Herbert was from 2007 to 2008 a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge.^[8] From February 2012 to February 2013 she was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.^[9]

Her 2005 book Charles Darwin, Geologist has become the basic reference for Darwin's research on geology.^[10] In 2006 the book won the Geological Society of America's Mary C. Rabbitt History of Geology Award,^[5] the History of Science Society's Suzanne J. Levinson Prize, the American Historical Association's George L. Mosse Prize, and the Albion Book Prize from the North American Conference on British Studies.^[11]

In 2007 Sandra Herbert organized and led an expedition to the Galápagos Islands.^[12] There she and her colleagues in July 2007 on Isla Santiago located igneous rocks similar to the samples collected by Darwin. Thereby they gained a better understanding of how Darwin's field observations in geology are related to his research published in Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands (1844).^[13]

She was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1982–1983.^[14] In 2006 she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[15] She is also a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.^[16]

Selected publications

Articles

• none. 4330556. Darwin, Malthus, and Selection . Herbert . Sandra . Journal of the History of Biology . 1971 . 4 . 1 . 209–217 . 10.1007/BF00356983 . 11609436 . 38075809 .
• none. 2. 10.1007/BF00351204. The place of man in the development of Darwin's theory of transmutation . 1974 . Herbert . Sandra . Journal of the History of Biology . 7 . 2 . 217–258 . 11609300 . 27605743 .
• none. 2. 10.1007/BF00572643. The place of man in the development of Darwin's theory of transmutation. Part II . 1977 . Herbert . Sandra . Journal of the History of Biology . 10 . 2 . 155–227 . 11615664 . 45493836 .
• none. 2. 24975958. Darwin as a Geologist . Herbert . Sandra . Scientific American . 1986 . 254 . 5 . 116–123 . 10.1038/scientificamerican0586-116 . 1986SciAm.254e.116H .
• none. 2. Charles Darwin as a prospective geological author . 10.1017/S0007087400027060 . 1991 . Herbert . Sandra . The British Journal for the History of Science . 24 . 2 . 159–192 . 143748414 .
• none. 2. 24137195. From Charles Darwin's Portfolio: An Early Essay on South American Geology and Species . Herbert . Sandra . Earth Sciences History . 1995 . 14 . 1 . 23–36 . 10.17704/eshi.14.1.76570264u727jh36 . 1995ESHis..14...23H.
• none. 2. 10.1007/s10739-004-6509-y. The Darwinian Revolution Revisited . 2005 . Herbert . Sandra . Journal of the History of Biology . 38 . 1 . 51–66 . 25214416 . 43064176 .
• none. 2. 10.1144/SP287.24. Doing and knowing: Charles Darwin and other travellers . 2007 . Herbert . S. . Geological Society, London, Special Publications . 287 . 1 . 311–323 . 2007GSLSP.287..311H . 146521336 .
• none. 2. 10.17704/1944-6178-34-2-243. Creation and extinction: The geological background to the initial American reception of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species . 2015 . Herbert . Sandra . Earth Sciences History . 34 . 2 . 243–262 . 2015ESHis..34..243H.

Books

• Book: none. Herbert, Sandra. The Red Notebook of Charles Darwin . 9780801412264 . 1980 . London . British Museum (Natural History) . (published in the U.S.A. by Cornell University Press; online text from darwin-online.org)
• Book: none. Barrett, Paul. Gautrey, Peter J.. Herbert, Sandra. Kohn, David. Smith, Sydney. Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836-1844: Geology, Transmutation of Species, Metaphysical Enquiries . 9780521099752 . 19 March 2009 . Cambridge University Press . (1st edition 1987, published in London by British Museum (Natural History) and in Ithaca, N.Y. by Cornell University Press)^[17]
• Book: none. Herbert, Sandra. Charles Darwin, Geologist . 9780801443480 . 2005 . Cornell University Press . ^[18]
• Book: none. Herbert, Sandra. Charles Darwin and the Question of Evolution: A Brief History with Documents . 9781319242671 . 28 January 2011 . Macmillan Higher Education .

References

1. Web site: Herbert, Sandra 1942- (Sandra Lynn Swanson Herbert). encyclopedia.com.
2. Web site: Sandra Herbert papers. Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) .
3. Web site: The Geological Society of London - Sue Tyler Friedman Medal .
4. Book: Herbert, Sandra. Preface. https://books.google.com/books?id=2gF9Mkvgf_kC&pg=PR20. xx . 9780801443480 . Charles Darwin, Geologist . 2005 . Cornell University Press .
5. Web site: 2006 Mary C. Rabbitt History of Geology Award, Presented to Sandra Herbert. GSA Medals & Awards, The Geological Society of America.
6. Book: Herbert, Sandra Swanson. The logic of Darwin's discovery. 1968.

   brief book details of Ph.D. thesis, Brandeis University

   . openlibrary.org. Brandeis University . 19229559M .
7. Book: Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society . 152 . 2009 . The Society .
8. Book: The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species' . viii . 9780521870795 . Ruse, Michael . Richards, Robert J. . 2009 . Cambridge University Press .
9. Web site: Sandra Herbert, Visiting Scholar. Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society, University of California, Berkeley. 27 August 2012 .
10. Book: Wesson, Rob. Darwin's First Theory . 64 . 9781681773773 . 11 April 2017 . Simon and Schuster .
11. Web site: History Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Sandra Herbert .
12. Web site: Sandra Herbert, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The Geological Society.
13. 10.17704/eshi.28.1.mjt982717p162323. Into the Field Again: Re-Examining Charles Darwin's 1835 Geological Work on Isla Santiago (James Island) in the Galápagos Archipelago . 2009 . Miles . Andrew . Grant . Thalia . Estes . Greg . Geist . Dennis . Norman . David . Gibson . Sally . Herbert . Sandra . Earth Sciences History . 28 . 1 . 1–31 . 2009ESHis..28....1H .
14. Web site: Sandra Herbert. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
15. Web site: Elected Fellows — Listing of Fellows who are current members. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
16. Web site: All Active and Current GSA Fellows. The Geological Society of America (GSA).
17. 10.1126/science.241.4863.363.b. Darwin's Early Thoughts: Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836-1844. Geology, Transmutation of Species, Metaphysical Inquiries Paul H. Barrett, Peter J. Gautrey, Sandra Herbert, David Kohn, and Sydney Smith, eds.. 1988 . Montgomery . William . Science . 241 . 4863 . 363–365 . p.365
18. 10.1086/ahr.112.1.272. Review of Charles Darwin, Geologist by Sandra Herbert. 2007 . Miller . David Philip . David Philip Miller . The American Historical Review . 112 . 272 .

External links

• Web site: UMBC in the Loop: Sandra Herbert "Charles Darwin, Geologist". December 2, 2009. UMBCtube. YouTube.