Devotee of geo-history and collections in the service of science teaching and communication. PhD History of Science, Leeds, November 2023
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Apothecary shop 🙏@wellcomeimages query for @PharmHist please: have you seen ‘Soyez tranquille’ used as the name of an early 19C sedative/narcotic?
#otd 1825 Mary Morland saw some lamas at Farringdon - the letter she wrote to tell her betrothed William Buckland about it survives. It was her birthday! I think she would enjoy the gorgeous alpacas @HornimanMuseum Happy Birthday Mary @morethanadodo
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My first (long overdue) visit to @lapworthmuseum a treat to glimpse its amazing collections including teaching diagrams and models
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Thrilled to present my take on ‘The Geological Lecture Room Oxford’ (Buckland teaching in the Old Ashmolean) at the Geological Society last week @GeolSoc @HSMOxford @morethanadodo
Delighted to be contributing shortly to the V&A symposium on the S. Ken. Museum(s) on my MA topic, ceramics at the Museum of Practical Geology @LilCrowther
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#otd 1797 was born Mary Morland natural history artist, researcher, curator. Married to William Buckland, they contributed to the development of geology @morethanadodo
Thrilled to share that PhD viva passed last week! Heartfelt thanks to supervisors @JonTophamHPS Eliza Howlett @morethanadodo and @jimoutoffaf, and friends @hpsleeds and @HOGGroup
Unveiling of @cpdinosaurs fantastic replacement sculpture Palaeotherium magnum today! Thank you everyone who made it possible
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@MaddieHewitson taking our “Victorian Science and Architecture” group from @OxfordConted around the Ashmolean. Here with John Millais’ portrait of John Ruskin - rich in geological references
#art #ruskin #victorian #science #preraphaelite #history #nature @AshmoleanMuseum #colour
Happy Birthday Prof. Buckland #otd 1784 @morethanadodo Buckland by Buckland in his element - having fun with extinct cave bears 1816 #historyofgeologygroup
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ALT Text says: Undergraduate bursary scheme. Are you interested in the natural sciences? Do you want to learn more about a career in museums? Seven projects across public engagement, research and collections running at fixed dates during summer 2023 for 5-6 weeks. £2250 stipend and free accommodation. Applications close midday April 3. Open to students from underrepresented backgrounds. Check you eligibility online.
Mobilising Assam’s ‘hargila army’: how 10,000 women saved India’s rarest stork theguardian.com/global-devel…
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Some S. London friends in Geology Museum Bologna, models of CP dinos @cpdinosaurs (tricky to photograph)
Thrilled to spot these casts with due acknowledgement to Mary Anning in Geology Museum of G. Capellini Bologna @MaryAnningRocks
Aldrovandi 500 exhibition Palazzo Poggi University of Bologna- visit if you can @HOGGroup @morethanadodo
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Buckland Papers Appeal morethanadodo.com/2022/11/17… via @morethanadodo
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