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Pioneer Naturalists: Champions of Conservation and Environmental Engagement (online) 11 May 2022


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Pioneer Naturalists: Champions of Conservation and Environmental Engagement (online) 11 May 2022

May 11, 2022 02:00pm - 05:30pm

Please join us for an afternoon of enlightening talks, exploring the history and role of naturalists as pioneers in biological, geological and landscape conservation, protection and environmental advocacy. The meeting will take place using the on-line conferencing platform Zoom.


To book your place, please register using this Eventbrite using this link by Sunday 8th May  https://bit.ly/3DU5zbS


Programme

2.00-2.10 Welcome and introduction  
2.10-2.30 Carlo Bovolo
University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy		 Protecting Mountains: Hunting, Naturalists and Nature Conservation in 19th Century Piedmont
2.30-2.50 Nathan Smith
University of Cambridge		 Mycological Collections as Legacy in Early Twentieth Century Yorkshire
2.50-3.10 Ian Beavis
Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery,		 Conserving Arcadia – Naturalists and Campaigners in Tunbridge Wells 1700-1900
3.10-3.30 Monica Frisch
Cambridge Natural History Society		 The Archives of the Cambridge Natural History Society
3.30-3.50  Q & A A Passion for the Manx Landscape – William Hoggatt (1879-1962) Artist and Champion for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside
 3.50-4.10 Break
4.10-4.30 Yvonne Cresswell & Laura McCoy
Manx National Heritage		 A Passion for the Manx Landscape – William Hoggatt (1879-1962): Artist and Champion for the Preservation of the Manx Countryside
4.30-4.50 Eva-Charlotta Mebius
University College London		 Robert Mudie – A Popular Guide to the Work of a Pioneer Naturalist
4.50-5.10 Michael C. Weisenburg
Cateby Centre, University of South Carolina		 the grinders of an elephant’’: Geologic Anomolies and Alternative Epistemologies in Mark Cateby’s Natural History
5.10-5.30 Q&A
5.30 Closing remarks and end of meeting