Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
Scientist
He was a friend of Sir Humphery Davy and other men of science. The word “science” was in common use, but there was no word for the person who practiced science. “Science Man” had been used but the English men of science were mostly of the upper class and appending “man” to a function was much too lower class for their taste. For example: “Coachman”, “Policeman”, “Iceman”, “Trashman”. So when Coleridge came up with “Scientist”, it received rapid approval and has been in use ever since.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834, British Poet & Writer, Originator of the term “scientist”, Quoted on PBS The History of Science, Part II, July 11, 2012
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including "suspension of disbelief". He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and American transcendentalism.
