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George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a British polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his tenant found fossilized leaves embedded among basalt lava on the Island ...
- John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, Joan Glassel
This thesis investigates the scientific activities of the 8th Duke of Argyll, George Douglas Campbell (1823-1900), who was an important Victorian scientific aristocrat. Today the British aristocracy are predominantly perceived as a passive group whose contributions to society - predominantly stemming from the House of Lords - are at best minimal.
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) As a major landowner, the Duke of Argyll was a prominent man in society. He held many important state and institutional positions including Privy Seal, Postmaster-General and Secretary of State for India.
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. (1823-1900), Politician, Lord Privy Seal and Secretary of State for India and writer on science, religion, and politics. Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 32 portraits.
George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll was a Liberal politician and natural historian. He wrote on a diverse range of subjects, from ornithology to geology. Argyll was one of the scientific figures opposed to Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.
George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a British polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his tenant found fossilized leaves embedded among basalt lava on the Island of Mull.
George Douglas Campbell, the 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900). However, has been almost completely neglected by historians and has most often been portrayed, when he is mentioned at all, as a figure of minor importance in the Victorian political arena.
