A History of Marriage A History of Marriage A History of Marriage, published by Seven Stories Press, is a non-fiction book by Elizabeth Abbott, the Canadian author of "A History of Celibacy" (1999) and "A History of Mistresses" (2003) that combines general history and personal histories of marriage. The book is a study of mostly North American rituals of courting, nuptials, marriage, sex, child-raising and divorce. Some topics covered are relative ages at which various societies from Chinese to Mormon married off their girls; details of the satisfying marriage of Martin Luther and former nun Katharina von Bora; the ruptured family units of Native
Catharine Johnston December 1831 she was made an "Extraordinary member" of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Her drawings assisted other notable scientists to further their research. In 1853 Philip Henry Gosse named the marine species "Tomopteris (Johnstonella) catharina" in her honor stating: Catharine Johnston Catharine Johnston, Charles, (1794–1871) was an English botanical illustrator who had a species of marine animal named in her honour. Johnston was born in 1794 and was the daughter of William Claudius Charles, a surgeon who had worked in the West Indies. On 23 November 1819 she married Dr George Johnston, a famous naturalist, and moved to Berwick-on-Tweed where