![]() ![]() He began by contributing to The Non-Conformist, writing a series of letters called The Proper Sphere of Government. Spencer left the railroad to take up a literary career and to follow up some of his scientific interests. His interest in evolution is said to have arisen from the examination of fossils that came from the rail-road cuts. For a few years, until 1841, he practiced the profession of civil engineer as an employee of the London and Birmingham Railway. ![]() Spencer initially followed up the scientific interests encouraged by his father and studied engineering. He was particularly instructed in the study of nature and the fundamentals of science, neglecting such traditional subjects as history. Spencer's father and an uncle saw that he received a highly individualized education that emphasized the family traditions of dissent and independence of thought. His father, a teacher, had been a Wesleyan, but he separated himself from organized religion as he did from political and social authority. His childhood, described in An Autobiography (1904), reflected the attitudes of a family which was known on both sides to include religious nonconformists, social critics, and rebels. Herbert Spencer was born in Derby on April 27, 1820.
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