Redmond O'Hanlon

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Redmond O'Hanlon

Redmond O'Hanlon (* 1947 in the county of Dorset ) is a British writer . He attended the Marlborough School and then studied English literary history at Oxford University (St. Anthony's College). In 1971 he made his M.Phil. Graduated in 19th century English literature and received his doctorate in 1977 ( Changing scientific concepts of nature in the English novel, 1850–1920 ). He headed the natural history section of the Times Literary Supplement for 15 years . In 1982 he was elected a member of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History . He has also been a member of the Royal Geographical Society since 1984 and of the Royal Society of Literature since 1993 . He is Professor of English Literature at Oxford.

Redmond O'Hanlon was best known in Great Britain for his travels and expeditions to remote parts of the tropics ( Congo , Borneo , Amazon ). He also wrote a book about riding a Scottish fishing trawler in the North Atlantic.

In 2009/2010 he presented a program on Dutch television in which Charles Darwin's journey on the Beagle was modeled.

1970 to 1974 he was a member of the literary department of the Arts Council of Great Britain . In 1984 he became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and in 1993 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature . In 1982 he became a member of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History.

Published works

  • Charles Darwin 1809-1882: A Centennial Commemoration (1982) (Editor)
  • Joseph Conrad and Charles Darwin: The Influence of Scientific Thought on Conrad's Fiction (1984)
  • The interior of Borneo , dtv 1996 (English original Into the Heart of Borneo 1984)
  • Redmond's Jungle Book , dtv 2001 (English original In Trouble Again: A journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon 1988)
  • Congo Fever , dtv 1999 (English original Congo Journey 1996)
  • No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo (1997)
  • Trawler , Piper Verlag 2005 (English original 2003)

Remarks

  1. ↑ According to the blurb of his book Trawler , he also studied marine biology
personal data
SURNAME O'Hanlon, Redmond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorset county , England