Montage showing pressed plant specimens from an 18th-century bound herbarium.
Lovely to be able to share this 18th-century bound herbarium for a workshop on botany and the book, funded by the Isaac Newton Trust and Trinity College, Cambridge. We’ve also digitised the volumes, so everyone can take a look!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-...
Video of @edwinrose.bsky.social's talk last week on his book "Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820," for the @linneansociety.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdiV...
#histsci #HPS
A gilt-framed portrait of Charles Darwin, by John Collier.
Happy Birthday Charles Darwin, 217 today. 🎉 Very nice to see his portrait at @linneansociety.bsky.social this evening.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed
Really looking forward to speaking @linneansociety.bsky.social on Wednesday 4 February - do come along if you are free!
Really looking forward to speaking @linneansociety.bsky.social on Wednesday 4 February - do come along if you are free!
Edwin Rose in front of the front cover of his latest book - British Practices of Natural History.
What counted as knowledge in Britain’s age of exploration...and who decided?
On Wed 4 Feb, @edwinrose.bsky.social explores how natural knowledge was shaped by travel, collecting, and exchange - and whose voices were left out.
6–8pm · Burlington House
Find out more: buff.ly/ypMIRvt
"It is thanks to Tupaia’s skill as a linguist that European botanists were able to discover the Māori names and uses for many of the plants they were observing for the first time, according to Rose."
@nichecanada.bsky.social
A true delight to have worked with @andreahart.bsky.social @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social on this project-only the tip of the iceberg of an extraordinary collection!
Really exciting project
Very proud to have worked with @edwinrose.bsky.social and our other partners in New Zealand and at Cambridge on this. Even happier to see the fruits of Sydney Parkinson’s skill and efforts in glorious high resolution detail nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44... #botanicalart #collaboration
Delighted to see this recent article in the @smithsonianmag.bsky.social by @donnalferguson.bsky.social on some of the research outputs for the Naming Species in the South Pacific project: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl... With thanks to our collaborators, @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social
Delighted to see this recent article in the @smithsonianmag.bsky.social by @donnalferguson.bsky.social on some of the research outputs for the Naming Species in the South Pacific project: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl... With thanks to our collaborators, @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social
Edwin Rose in front of the front cover of his latest book - British Practices of Natural History.
What counted as knowledge in Britain’s age of exploration...and who decided?
On Wed 4 Feb, @edwinrose.bsky.social explores how natural knowledge was shaped by travel, collecting, and exchange - and whose voices were left out.
6–8pm · Burlington House
Find out more: buff.ly/ypMIRvt
Pam Soltis delivering the lecture ‘Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections for 21st-Century Challenges’.
“I think it is something very special when different collections can work together.”
Great keynote lecture by Pam Soltis yesterday evening for @camglamresearch.bsky.social on ‘Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections for 21st-Century Challenges’.
A man in a grey jacket points at antique books as a crowd looks on with interest
A large serrated fossil shark's tooth rests on the palm of a hand, almost filling it
A conference report for our exhilarating 'Curious Collections' day at the Natural History Museum (@nhm-london.bsky.social)
curioustravellers.ac.uk/conference-r...
A title image for 'Indian Zoology' with an illustration of a framed, swooping bird of paradise arching over a hilly landscape
Now Edwin Rose (@edwinrose.bsky.social) moves on to birds, and the original bird of paradise specimen that was illustrated for the title image of Pennant's 'Indian Zoology' - now present in the museum, with starling feet attached to replace the lost originals
New @ H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out @njcornish.bsky.social (@unisouthampton.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @rbgkew.bsky.social )’s on @edwinrose.bsky.social (@hpsleeds.bsky.social)’s _Reading the World: British Practice of Natural History, 1760-1820_, @upittpress.bsky.social 2025
@hnetreviews.bsky.social
Delighted to see this recent citation of my research on BBC Lincolnshire! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @hpsleeds.bsky.social @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social
Delighted to have contributed to this - Henslow was a truly fascinating character who contributed to both botanical science and pedagogy
Geological map of Anglesey from J.S. Henslow's 1822 article Geological Description of Anglesea. Credit: Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Henslow's botanical drawings. Credit: University of Cambridge.
Celebrating 200 years since John Stevens Henslow became Professor of Botany at Cambridge.
It's almost 200 years to the day since Henslow took an oath before the Vice Chancellor as 'King's Reader in Botany' on 10 October 1825.
Find out more about his legacy: tinyurl.com/4stzwhz9
@cam.ac.uk
Fascinating talk by @edwinrose.bsky.social on his new book, Reading the World - revealing the important influence of indigenous communities and their local names and ecological knowledge on 18th century naturalists in naming and making sense of the natural world.
#UnknownWales #AmgeueddfaCymru
And thanks to @stephholtnh.bsky.social and Andy Taylor for the photos!
Had a wonderful visit to @nhm-london.bsky.social Tring last week to examine some of the bird collection compiled by the naturalist Thomas Pennant (1726-98) - a very rare surviving 18th century ornithological collection. @curioustravellers.bsky.social
@cuherb.bsky.social
Delighted to see my recent article on the life of Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), third professor of botany at Cambridge in print! www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/... @theul.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social @hpsleeds.bsky.social @sidneysussex.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to speaking at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Thursday evening - do come along if you are in Sydney!
Very much looking forward to speaking at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Thursday evening - do come along if you are in Sydney!
Join us at the Chau Chak Wing Museum for an event on 24 July when @edwinrose.bsky.social speaks on his new book 'Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History'.
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
Looking forward to speaking at @seamuseum.bsky.social on Sunday! Do come along if you are around.
📚 Author Talk: Reading the World: Natural History, 1760–1820
Join historian Edwin D. Rose talking about his new work exploring the role of natural history in shaping global knowledge during the age of empire.
Book now http://bit.ly/454uMzm