Robert Hardwicke (born 2 October 1822 in

Dyke, Lincolnshire Dyke is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than east from the A15 road, and approximately 1 mile north-east from Bourne. Dyke is within Bourne civil parish. The name Dyke arises from its l ...

; died 8 March 1875) was a British surgeon and

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

of medical and natural history literature, including '' Hardwicke's Science-Gossip'', '' Popular Science Review'', the '' Journal of Botany'', and the '' Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club''. His obituary in the American magazine ''

Popular Science Monthly ''Popular Science'' (also known as ''PopSci'') is an American digital magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. ''Popular Science'' has won over 58 awards, incl ...

'' read: "What Charles Knight was to general literature, Robert Hardwicke was to science."

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1822 births 1875 deaths English publishers (people) English surgeons People from South Kesteven District 19th-century English businesspeople {{Surgery-stub