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ROMANES, GEORGE JOHN (1848–1894), man of science, third son of the Rev. George Romanes, was born at Kingston, Canada West, on 20 May 1848. His father, who held the professorship of Greek in the university of Kingston, belonged to an old lowland Scottish family settled since 1586 in Berwickshire.
George John Romanes was a pioneer in animal psychology. He applied the theory of evolution to comparative psychology, though he did not entirely exclude the anecdotal method from his scientific observations. It is suggested that his book on animal intelligence was the first comparative psychology that was ever written; however, earlier works on comparative psychology were already published ...
George John Romanes was born at Kingston, Canada, on May 20, 1848, the third son of the Rev. George Romanes, D.D., then Professor of Greek in the University of that place. The Professor had come out to Canada some years previously, and, after a short experience of work in country parishes, had settled down to teach Greek to the alumni of the little University.
El biólogo británico George John Romanes, amigo de Darwin, fue el primer continuador de éste en el estudio de la inteligencia animal. Darwin mismo había realizado observaciones sobre el comportamiento de los animales y había usado la distinción entre instintos, hábitos e inteligencia, aunque nunca llegó a publicar las notas tomadas a partir de esas observaciones.
Romanes, George John Enciclopedia on line Naturalista inglese (Kingston, Canada, 1848 - Oxford 1894); si occupò di fisiologia del sistema nervoso e locomotore degli Echinodermi e dei Celenterati, riassumendo i risultati delle sue ricerche nel volume Jelly-fish, star-fish and sea-urchin nervous system (1885).
Autore: George John Romanes. 2 lingue. English; Français
ROMANES, GEORGE JOHN. ( b. Kingston, Ontario, 2 May 1848; d. Oxford, England, 23 May 1894) physiology comparative psychology evolution. Romanes was the third son of Rev. George Romanes, a classical scholar and theologian, and Isabella Gair Smith. In the year of Romanes’ birth his father inherited a considerable fortune, resigned his post as ...
