Redmond O'Hanlon
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Redmond O'Hanlon, FRGS, FRSL (born 5 june 1947) is a British
writer and scholar.
and then Oxford University. After taking his M.Phil. in nineteenth-century English studies in 1971 he was elected senior scholar, and in 1974 Alistair Horne Research Fellow, at St. Anthony's College, Oxford. He completed his doctoral thesis, Changing scientific concepts of nature in the English novel, 1850-1920, in 1977.
From 1970-74, O'Hanlon was a member of the literature panel of the Arts Council of Great Britain
.
He was elected a member of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History in 1982, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
in 1984 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
in 1993. For fifteen years he was the natural history editor of the Times Literary Supplement.
O'Hanlon has become known for his journeys into some of the most remote jungles of the world, in Borneo, the Amazon basin and Congo. He has also written a harrowing account of a trip to the North Atlantic on a trawler.
Between September 2009 and May 2010, Redmond O'Hanlon was a guest and co-presenter on the programme Beagle: In Darwin's wake for both CANVAS
in Belgium and VPRO
Television in the Netherlands
. In the programme, the clipper Stad Amsterdam
re-traced the route that Charles Darwin took aboard HMS Beagle
(1831–36), a journey that played a seminal role in his thinking on evolution
.
He attended the Science & Technology Summit
at the World Forum Convention Center
in The Hague
on 18 November 2010. Fellow Beagle shipmate Sarah Darwin
was another featured guest at this convention.
United Kingdom
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writer and scholar.
Life
O'Hanlon was born in 1947 in Dorset, England. He was educated at Marlborough CollegeMarlborough College
Marlborough College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800...
and then Oxford University. After taking his M.Phil. in nineteenth-century English studies in 1971 he was elected senior scholar, and in 1974 Alistair Horne Research Fellow, at St. Anthony's College, Oxford. He completed his doctoral thesis, Changing scientific concepts of nature in the English novel, 1850-1920, in 1977.
From 1970-74, O'Hanlon was a member of the literature panel of the Arts Council of Great Britain
Arts Council of Great Britain
The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. The Arts Council of Great Britain was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England , the Scottish Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Wales...
.
He was elected a member of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History in 1982, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...
in 1984 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature is the "senior literary organisation in Britain". It was founded in 1820 by George IV, in order to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". The Society's first president was Thomas Burgess, who later became the Bishop of Salisbury...
in 1993. For fifteen years he was the natural history editor of the Times Literary Supplement.
O'Hanlon has become known for his journeys into some of the most remote jungles of the world, in Borneo, the Amazon basin and Congo. He has also written a harrowing account of a trip to the North Atlantic on a trawler.
Between September 2009 and May 2010, Redmond O'Hanlon was a guest and co-presenter on the programme Beagle: In Darwin's wake for both CANVAS
Canvas
Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other items for which sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used by artists as a painting surface, typically stretched across a wooden frame...
in Belgium and VPRO
VPRO
The VPRO was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant pillar, it represented the Liberal Protestant current...
Television in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. In the programme, the clipper Stad Amsterdam
Stad Amsterdam
The Stad Amsterdam is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Oranjewerf....
re-traced the route that Charles Darwin took aboard HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, at a cost of £7,803. In July of that year she took part in a fleet review celebrating the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom in which...
(1831–36), a journey that played a seminal role in his thinking on evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
.
He attended the Science & Technology Summit
Meet the Future, Science & Technology Summit 2010
Meet the Future, Science & Technology Summit 2010 was a one day science and technology convention held at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, Netherlands on November 18, 2010, organized by Platform Bèta Techniek , an organization which has been empowered by the Dutch government to...
at the World Forum Convention Center
World Forum Convention Center
The World Forum Convention Center, formerly known as the Nederlands Congrescentrum , is a concert venue and convention centre in The Hague, Netherlands, near the buildings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...
in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
on 18 November 2010. Fellow Beagle shipmate Sarah Darwin
Sarah Darwin
Sarah Catherine Vogel FLS is a British botanist.She is the daughter of George Erasmus Darwin, a metallurgist, and his wife Shuna . She has two older brothers; Robert George Darwin and the conservationist Chris Darwin...
was another featured guest at this convention.
Published works
- Charles Darwin 1809-1882: A Centennial Commemoration (1982) (contributor)
- Joseph Conrad and Charles Darwin: The Influence of Scientific Thought on Conrad's Fiction (1984)
- Into the Heart of Borneo (1984)
- In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon (1988)
- Congo JourneyCongo JourneyCongo Journey is an autobiographical novel by British author Redmond O'Hanlon, following his trip across Congo-Brazzaville , taking a friend to Lake Tele in search of Mokèlé-mbèmbé, a legendary Congo dinosaur....
(1996) - No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo (1997)
- Trawler (2005)
- Orkney Announced for 2008, as yet unpublished (2011)
- [with Rudy Rotthier] God, Darwin en natuur (2009), English translation: The Fetish Room (2011)