Joel Schwartz
Biology Historian and Professor Emeritus
Schwartz, emeritus professor of Biology at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island, taught for forty years His scholarly interest has been in the history of biology, focused on nineteenth-century natural history, on the development of the theory of evolution, and how maritime exploration stimulated discovery in the natural sciences.
He is the author of two books in the field, Darwin's Disciple: George John Romanes, A Life in Letters, and Robert Brown and Mungo Park: Travels and Explorations in Natural History for the Royal Society. In addition, he has written numerous scholarly articles in the history of biology. He and his family have traveled extensively in North America and Europe, and he spent considerable time at Cambridge University and London, studying the papers of Charles Darwin and other naturalists.
Cape Breton Memories, Margaree & Beyond
Imagine traveling to a place that offers the beautiful countryside of England, the green meadows of Ireland, the rugged beauty of the Scottish Highlands, and the scenic river valleys reminiscent of the Hudson River Valley in New York. All of this can be found in a corner of North America, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Joel Schwartz had the good fortune at the age of seven to experience with his parents the wonders of Cape Breton, particularly the Margaree River Valley. He returned there many times with his wife and his sons, and eventually with his grandchildren.
Joel Schwartz is a retired professor of biology from the City University of New York. As a historian of the natural sciences during the Age of Exploration, he is well qualified to write about the natural world of Cape Breton. The reader will also be captivated by the charm of Cape Breton's friendly people and the revival of Gaelic and Acadian music and culture. It is become a mecca for people in the arts and music to enjoy what the Island has to offer. Among its highlights are fishing for salmon in the waters of the world-renowned Margaree River and swimming in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.