Redmond O'Hanlon

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

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

2009/2010 he presented a program on Dutch television in which the Voyage of Charles Darwin was modeled on the Beagle.

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 in 1993 and 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 )
  • Adventure in the Amazon, in: Lettre International, LI 07, Winter 1989, pp. 24-32
  • Dinosaurs in the Congo, in: Lettre International, LI 19, Winter 1992, pp. 72-85
  • In the Congo, in: Lettre International. LI 30, Fall 1995, pp. 94-100
  • Into 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 in 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)
  • Trawlers, Piper Verlag 2005 (English original 2003)

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  • Author
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Literature ( English )
  • Travel literature
  • Born in 1947
  • Man
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