Recognizing Charles Rycroft

This article aims to outline, in brief, the life and work of Charles Rycroft. He had been one of the brilliant and fecund psychoanalysts of the second half of the Twentieth century, although his legacy has unfortunately often been neglected. The author suggests that this might have been because of his withdrawal from the British Psychoanalytic Society, which made him, in many ways, “invisible” to his own colleagues and that continues even today—more than ten years after his death—to preclude a real recognition of his personal and original clinical thinking and working style.     

Characters named Charles or Charley in novels by Charles Dickens

12 fictional characters named Charles or Charley are contained in eight of the 14 completed novels by Charles Dickens. Most of the author's namesakes have humorous attributes, an unusually close relationship with one or more other characters, and a happy subsequent life. Three stages of the author's adult life are youthful, mature, and after separation from his wife. The fictional namesakes are most humorous in the author's youthful stage and least humorous after separation from his wife. The 12 fictional namesakes of Charles Dickens are compared with the two fictional namesakes of Jane Austen.     

Response to Charles Bailey

Studies in Philosophy and Education -     

Charles Rothschild,conservationist

Although the present-day Anglo-Jewish community has been slow to address environmental issues, Charles Rothschild, an early twentieth-century banker and entomologist, made substantial contributions to nature conservation. Being deeply concerned that human activities threatened the extinction of many species of plants, insects, birds and animals, Rothschild founded three nature reserves and introduced environmental management on his own estate in Northamptonshire. He was also the prime mover behind the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves (founded 1912), which became the principal organization for preserving sites of scientific interest and was the forerunner of the Wildlife Trusts. Rothschild steered the Society during its first four years, but was forced to accept a more passive role following his mental breakdown in 1916. The final section of the paper addresses the question whether Rothschild’s Jewish heritage influenced his work as a conservationist.     

Charles V. Gerkin

Pastoral Psychology -