Robert Chambers Quote
From year to year, and from age to age, we see [biologists] at work, adding no doubt much to the unknown, and advancing many important interests, but, at the same time, doing little for the establishment of comprehensive views of nature. Experiments in however narrow a walk, facts of whatever minuteness, make reputations in scientific societies; all beyond is regarded with suspicion and distrust.
Robert Chambers
From year to year, and from age to age, we see [biologists] at work, adding no doubt much to the unknown, and advancing many important interests, but, at the same time, doing little for the establishment of comprehensive views of nature. Experiments in however narrow a walk, facts of whatever minuteness, make reputations in scientific societies; all beyond is regarded with suspicion and distrust.
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About Robert Chambers
Robert or Bob Chambers may refer to:
Robert Chambers (English judge) (1737–1803), English judge, professor of jurisprudence, Chief Justice of Bengal, collector of Sanskrit manuscripts
Robert Chambers (New Zealand judge) (1953–2013), New Zealand judge and Supreme Court justice
Robert Chambers (priest) (1571–1628), English Catholic priest, writer and translator
Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802) (1802–1871), Scottish publisher, writer, and scientist known for Vestiges of Creation and, with his brother William Chambers, Chambers's Encyclopaedia
Robert Chambers Jr. (1832–1888), Scottish publisher and amateur golfer, son of the above
R. C. Chambers (Robert Craig Chambers, 1832–1901), American businessman, minerals miner, banker, politician, sheriff, and silver mine supervisor
Robert Chambers (oarsman) (1831–1868), English oarsman and world sculling champion
Robert Chambers (development scholar) (born 1932), British academic and development practitioner
Robert Chambers (Quebec politician) (1834–1886), Canadian politician, Quebec City mayor
Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933), American artist and writer, author of The King in Yellow
Robert Chambers (criminal) (born 1966), also known as the Preppie Killer
Robert G. Chambers (1924–2016), British physicist known for the first observation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect
Robert Chambers (Canadian politician) (1813–1875), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada
Robert Chambers (cricketer) (born 1943), former English cricketer
Robert Charles Chambers (born 1952), United States federal judge
Robert Chambers (biologist) (1881–1957), American biologist
Robert Chambers (sculptor) (born 1958), American sculptor
Bob Chambers (footballer) (1899–1972), English footballer
Bob Chambers (cartoonist) (1905–1996), cartoonist and illustrator from Nova Scotia
Bob Chambers (athlete) (1926–2010), American track and field athlete
Robert Chambers (English judge) (1737–1803), English judge, professor of jurisprudence, Chief Justice of Bengal, collector of Sanskrit manuscripts
Robert Chambers (New Zealand judge) (1953–2013), New Zealand judge and Supreme Court justice
Robert Chambers (priest) (1571–1628), English Catholic priest, writer and translator
Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802) (1802–1871), Scottish publisher, writer, and scientist known for Vestiges of Creation and, with his brother William Chambers, Chambers's Encyclopaedia
Robert Chambers Jr. (1832–1888), Scottish publisher and amateur golfer, son of the above
R. C. Chambers (Robert Craig Chambers, 1832–1901), American businessman, minerals miner, banker, politician, sheriff, and silver mine supervisor
Robert Chambers (oarsman) (1831–1868), English oarsman and world sculling champion
Robert Chambers (development scholar) (born 1932), British academic and development practitioner
Robert Chambers (Quebec politician) (1834–1886), Canadian politician, Quebec City mayor
Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933), American artist and writer, author of The King in Yellow
Robert Chambers (criminal) (born 1966), also known as the Preppie Killer
Robert G. Chambers (1924–2016), British physicist known for the first observation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect
Robert Chambers (Canadian politician) (1813–1875), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada
Robert Chambers (cricketer) (born 1943), former English cricketer
Robert Charles Chambers (born 1952), United States federal judge
Robert Chambers (biologist) (1881–1957), American biologist
Robert Chambers (sculptor) (born 1958), American sculptor
Bob Chambers (footballer) (1899–1972), English footballer
Bob Chambers (cartoonist) (1905–1996), cartoonist and illustrator from Nova Scotia
Bob Chambers (athlete) (1926–2010), American track and field athlete