Harting, Pieter
Entry updated 11 August 2018. Tagged: Author.
(1812-1885) Dutch polymath, immensely prolific in scientific fields such as biology, medicine and geology, and an early advocate of Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution. His one sf novel, Anno 2065: een blik in de toekomst (1865 chap; vt Anno 2070: een blik in de toekomst 1870 chap; trans Alex V W Bikkers as Anno Domini 2071 1871) as by Dr Dioscorides, posits a liberal world 200 years hence which is at peace, has new sources of power, and is highly industrious. [JC]
Pieter Harting
born Rotterdam, Netherlands: 27 February 1812
died Amersfoort, Netherlands: 3 December 1885
works
- Anno 2065: een blik in de toekomst (Utrecht, Netherlands: J Greven, 1865) as by Dr Dioscorides [chap: hb/]
- Anno 2070: een blik in de toekomst (Utrecht, Netherlands: J Greven, 1870) as by Dr Dioscorides [chap: vt of the above: hb/]
- Anno Domini 2071 (London: William Tegg and Co, 1871) as by Dr Dioscorides [trans by Alex V W Bikkers of the above: hb/]
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