In accordance with his wishes, the library will be sold by Bloomsbury Auctions in two sales, 27th May for general and continental botany and natural history, and autumn 2010 for the English botany. The sale on 27th May will also contain the remaining portion of the library of Peter Tate, 1926-2009, author of A century […]
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The 2010 Spring Meeting and AGM will be held at the Torquay Museum, on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th May 2010, with the AGM taking place on Saturday. The Torquay Museum was funded in 1844 by the Torquay Natural History Society, renamed the Torquay Museum Society in 2003. is located at 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay […]
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You are warmly invited to the Manchester Museum SHOWCASE lecture on Wednesday 28th April at 15.00. Henry McGhie, Head of Natural Environments and Curator of Zoology, the Manchester Museum. 3-4pm: Kanaris Lecture Theatre 4-4.30pm: discussion, tea & coffee Museums are filled with collections that were built up through the private passions of many people. Understanding […]
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SHNH members enjoyed a special visit to the Mrs Delany and her Circle exhibit at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London. Led by Gina Douglas, Meetings Secretary, members viewed the exquisite embroidery, botanical collages, drawings and garden designs of Mary Delany who was at the centre of artistic, literary, fashionable and political life in 18th […]
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The first part of Archives of natural history 37 is available on-line and has been mailed to members. Among the papers included is the William T. Stearn 2009 prize-winning essay by Stephanie Pfennigwerth about the extinct King Island emu, Dromaius ater. The featured paper, free to download, is also of Australian interest: Anthony Alder (1838–1915), […]
Read moreThe Society for the History of Natural History invites submissions to the 2010 William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize Competition. The prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished, essay in the field of history of natural history. The submission deadline is 30 June 2010. The competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students […]
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