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  • What is the difference between Romanes and Romani?

    Romanes is used almost exclusively in German speaking areas. Romani is derived from an adjective: Romani čhib ‘Romani tongue, Romani language’. Romani – often spelled Romany in English texts– is used internationally.

  • What is a Romany language?

    They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Romany languages, group of 60 or more highly divergent dialects that are genetically related to the Indo-Aryan (Indic) languages.

  • Who was George Romanes?

    George Romanes was born in Kingston, Canada West (now Ontario), in 1848, the youngest of three children, all boys, in a well-to-do and intellectually cultivated family. His father was Rev George Romanes (1805–1871), a Scottish Presbyterian minister.

  • Why is Romani important?

    Romani is margina-lised in the media, marginalised in educa-tion, irrelevant in public life, and neglected in administration. Romani is present in almost all ty-pes of media. Apart from daily and weekly newspapers, Romani is used in journals, brochures and books.

Early Life

George Romanes was born in Kingston, Canada West (now Ontario), in 1848, the youngest of three children, all boys, in a well-to-do and intellectually cultivated family. His father was Rev George Romanes (1805–1871), a Scottish Presbyterian minister. Two years after his birth, his parents moved to Cornwall Terrace in London, United Kingdom, which wo

Adulthood

Although he came from an educated home, his school education was erratic. He entered university half-educated and with little knowledge of the ways of the world. He studied medicine and physiology, graduating from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge with the degree of BA in 1871,and is commemorated there by a stained glass window in the chapel. I

Professional Life

Romanes's and Darwin's relationship developed quickly and they became close friends. This relationship began when Romanes became Darwin's research assistant during the last eight years of Darwin's life. The association Romanes had with Darwin was essential in Darwin's later works. Therefore, Darwin confided volumes of unpublished work which Romanes

Family

Romanes was the last child born of three children from George Romanes and Isabella Cair Smith. The majority of his immediate and extended family were descendant from Scottish Highland tribes. His father, Reverend George Romanes, was a professor at Queens College in Kingston, Canada and taught Greek at the local university until the family moved bac

Philosophical and Political Views

When Romanes attended Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, he entered into an essay contest on the topic of "Christian Prayer considered in relation to the belief that Almighty governs the world by general laws". Romanes did not have much hope in winning, but much to his surprise he took first place in this contest and received the Burney prize. A

Romanes on Evolution

Romanes tackled the subject of evolution frequently. For the most part he supported Darwinism and the role of natural selection. However, he perceived three problems with Darwinian evolution: 1. The difference between natural species and domesticated varieties in respect to fertility. [this problem was especially pertinent to Darwin, who used the a

Published Works

When Charles Darwin died, Romanes defended Darwin's theories by attempting to rebut criticisms and attacks levied by other psychologists against the Darwinian school of thought. Romanes expanded on Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection by advancing a theory of behaviour based on comparative psychology. In Animal Intelligence, Romanes

Accomplishments

1879: Romanes was selected for the Fellow of the Royal Society.1886–1890: Romanes was a professor at University of Edinburgh.1892: When he was a professor at the University of Oxford, Romanes created a series of lectures known as Romanes Lectures.Romanes is also known for creating the following words and meanings: See full list on en.wikipedia.org

Further Reading

Lesch, John E. "The Role of Isolation in Evolution: George J. Romanes and John T. Gulick,"Isis, Vol. 66, No. 4, Dec. 1975.McGrew, Timothy. “A Pilgrim's Regress: George John Romanes and the Search for Rational Faith,”The Christendom Review, Vol. II (2), 2009.Morganti, Federico. "Intelligence as the Plasticity of Instinct: George J. Romanes and Darwin's Earthworms,"Theoretical Biology Forum", Vol. 104, N°. 2, 2011.Romanes, Ethel Duncan. The Life and Letters of George John Romanes,Longmans, Green and co., 1896. See full list on en.wikipedia.org

Publications

The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution,Macmillan and Co., 1882 [1st Pub. 1877].Candid Examination of Theism,Trübner & Co., 1878 [pseudonymously published as Physicus].Animal Intelligence,D. Appleton and Company, 1892 [1st Pub. 1882].Mental Evolution in Animals, with a Posthumous Essay on Instinct by Charles Darwin,Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. See full list on en.wikipedia.org


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