Lindsay, Deborah -

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Deborah
Last Name: 
Lindsay
Department / Program: 
History
University Affiliation: 
University of New Brunswick
Phone: 
506 648 5759
Email Address: 
dlindsay@unbsj.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Science
Geographical Region: 
North America
Time Period: 
19th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
19th century science, specifically ornithology and paleobotany
Academics
PHD Program: 
History
PHD University: 
University of Manitoba
PHD Date: 
1989
Major Publications: 
The Modern Beginnings of Subarctic Ornithology: Northern Correspondence to the Smithsonian Institution, 1856-68. Manitoba Record Society, Vol.10. Winnipeg: Manitoba Record Society, 1991. Science in the Subarctic: Trappers, Traders and the Smithsonian Institution. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. The Clothes Off Our Back: A History of ACTWU 459. Manitoba Labour History Series. Winnipeg: Manitoba Labour Education Centre, 1995. "Intimate Inmates: scientific wives and households in nineteenth century America History of Science Society. Isis 90, No. 4 (Dec. 1998): 631-52. "Prototaxites Dawson, 1859 or Nemtophycus Carruthers, 1872: Geologists v. Botanists in the Formative Period of the Science of Paleobotany." Earth Sciences History 24, No. 1 (2005): 35-61. "Defining the Mesozoic/Defining Disciplines: Late Nineteenth Century Debates over the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary," Earth Sciences History 30, No. 2 (2011): 216-239.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
History of Science Society (US)
Courses Taught: 
19th century science, the American South, US aboriginal history