Geobiologists uncover Davy Jones Locker of fossils near small village in south China. February 16, 2011 [link to main NSF article] Almost 600 million years ago, before the rapid evolution of life forms known as the Cambrian explosion, a community of seaweeds and worm-like animals lived in a quiet deep-water niche near what is now […]
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12th May 2011 at the Linnean Society of London, UK A joint meeting between the Linnean Society of London, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science and the Society of the History of Natural History. Supported by the Annals of Botany and Yale University Press. Georg Everard Rumphius (1627‐1702) was probably the world’s most […]
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Thursday 19th and Friday 20th May 2011, Chester Zoo, UK This international Symposium is being held in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Society for the History of Natural History. It is a joint collaboration between the Society for the History of Natural History, Chester Zoo, and the Linnean Society of London, supported by the […]
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The Hudson River Almanac is a natural history journal that covers the Hudson from the High Peaks of the Adirondacks to New York Harbor. It seeks to capture the spirit, magic, and science of the river by presenting the observations of many individuals who delight in the diversity of nature in the Hudson Valley. 1/11/04 […]
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Prof. David Mabberley, Past President of SHNH – The Society for Natural History, will be speaking at the Linnean Society of London on the life of the Scottish botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858), ‘Jupiter Botanicus’, ‘Facile Botanicorum Princeps’. Brown’s life spanned the period from the Georgian approach to science under Sir Joseph Banks to the Victorian professionalization […]
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Registration reminder! The registration process for the Conference on Geological Collectors and Collecting is now underway. The conference is organised by the History of Geology Group (HOGG) an affiliated group of the Geological Society of London. A full programme and timetable; a registration form which provides full details about the conference costs and how to […]
Read moreDurham University’s Department of Philosophy invites applications for a Masters studentship in the History of Science. The studentships are part of the Taught Masters Programme in the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine (HPSM) run by Durham University’s Department of Philosophy and the School of Medicine & Health. The studentship provides financial support of […]
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The United States Postal Service will issue a stamp honoring Asa Gray in June. The third American Scientists stamp issuance honors chemist Melvin Calvin, botanist Asa Gray, physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer, and biochemist Severo Ochoa. The stamps go on sale June 16. Melvin Calvin was the first scientist to trace in detail the process of […]
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From Royal Gifts to Biodiversity Conservation: The History and Development of Menageries, Zoos and Aquariums, Thursday 19th and Friday 20th May 2011, Chester Zoo, UK This international Symposium is being held in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Society for the History of Natural History. It is a joint collaboration between the Society for […]
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Council met recently (28 October) and there are a number of things to report. I am delighted to announce that Council has nominated our distinguished patron, Sir David Attenborough, for the Society’s Founders’ Medal. The Biodiversity Heritage Library, represented by Tom Garnett, has been awarded the John Thackray Medal. Twelve major natural history museum libraries, […]
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