Published 1842
Part One appeared in
The Journal of Botany Volume IV, London 1842;
and Part Two to Six appeared in
The London Journal of Botany Volume I, London 1842.
Transcribed from the original text
and edited by Diane Challenor
FOREWORD
by The Allan Cunningham Project’s Editor
In a university library, buried between the covers of two very heavy, very old books, is a treasure wrapped in green canvas, lost, waiting to be discovered.
The treasure is Robert Heward’s 1842 Biographical Sketch of the Late Allan Cunningham (1791-1839). Allan Cunningham was a Plant Explorer and Geographical Explorer, who played an important role in Colonial Australia’s history.
164 years after the sketch was first published, it has been reproduced here, in six parts as part of The Allan Cunningham Project
Heward’s reedited text remains as it was written with a few style enhancements to assist the modern reader access the story more easily. His 19th century, scholarly writing style is stiff and formal, typical of the period. It is heavily loaded with the Latin names of hundreds of plants collected by Mr Cunningham and written for a scientific audience. We have enhanced the style by adding extra paragraph breaks, headings, a contents list, plant index, endnotes and a time line, making the reading experience more enjoyable and easier to absorb. We have retained the page numbers from the original text, in square brackets, as a cross-reference to the original.
Although a formal tone is used throughout the text, it was written with obvious respect and affection. Mr Heward was a close friend of Allan Cunningham. His description of Mr Cunningham’s strength of character was so moving that tears fell as I read his closing words. His story is worth discovering.
SOURCE: Robert Heward’s 1842 Biographical Sketch of Allan Cunningham is now out of copyright and was originally published in three parts:
Part One appeared in The Journal of Botany Volume IV, printed in London 1842; and Part Two and Three appeared in The London Journal of Botany Volume I, also printed in 1842.
These volumes can be located at the libraries of the University of New South Wales Library, in Sydney and the National Library of Australia Library, in Canberra (Ref: FRM F3424)
CONTENTS
| Part 1 : covers the period July 1791 to March 1820 This extract begins at page 231 of The Journal of Botany Volume IV 1842. Read more … | |
| Part 2 : covers the period June 1820 to August 1822 This extract begins at page 253 of The Journal of Botany Volume IV 1842. Read more … | |
| Part 3 : covers the period August 1822 to August 1826 This extract begins at page 276 of The Journal of Botany Volume IV 1842. Read more … | |
| Part 4 : covers the period August 1826 to June 1828 This extract begins at page 297 of The Journal of Botany Volume IV 1842. Read more … | |
| Part 5 : covers the period June 1828 to February 1831 This extract begins at page 107 of The London Journal of Botany Volume I 1842. Read more … | |
| Part 6 : covers the period February 1831 to his memorial in 1839 This extract begins at page 263 of The London Journal of Botany Volume I 1842. Read more … |