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Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World (Crystal Palace Guide 15) | EGP

Richard Owen’s original guide to the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and displayed in Crystal Palace Park, Sydenham, London since 1854. These life-sized sculptures of prehistoric “monsters” included dinosaurs, mammals, marine reptiles, […]

Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham. 1854. From postcard

Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park [1856 edition] (Crystal Palace Guide 1) | EGP

This visitor’s guide to Crystal Palace — including detailed descriptions and many illustrations — offers a comprehensive overview of the glasshouse and pleasure park, together with descriptions of the special courts and galleries. It also […]

Joshua Reynolds two statues in courtyard of Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London

Portrait Gallery (Crystal Palace Guide 2) | EGP

This guide to the Portrait Gallery in Crystal Palace lists names of those chosen for display, plus biographical information. In effect, this offers a directory of those held in high esteem by mid-Victorian society. It’s […]

Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

Synthesis Period in Evolutionary Studies

Genetics: Sewall Wright Taught Me, volume 2 | EGP

Sergei Sergeevich Chetverikov (1880-1959) Russian population geneticist

Joseph Henry Woodger (1894-1981) Papers at University College London (UCL)

Regular Contact with Anyone Interested: Documents of Society for the Study of Speciation | EGP

Haldane. Mathematical Theory of Natural and Artificial Selection (1924-1934)

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Guide to Crystal Palace and Park from 1871 | EGP

Studio for Crystal Palace Dinosaurs: Enter The Extinct Animals Model-Room

Gideon Mantell’s 1851 Guide to Fossils at British Museum

Punch 1855 Cartoon Dreaming of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs – Rare 1968 Pamphlet – 150,000,000 B.C.

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Francis Galton’s Eugenics Record Office on Gower Street (ERO-Galton)

Sewall Wright Taught Me series: Evolution, Genetics, Physiological Genetics | EGP

Darwin in London – Commemorative Plaques and Family Baptism Records

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs – Rare 1968 Pamphlet – 150,000,000 B.C.

Sergei Sergeevich Chetverikov (1880-1959) Russian population geneticist

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Crystal Palace Guides | Euston Grove Press

Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World (Crystal Palace Guide 15) | EGP

Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park [1856 edition] (Crystal Palace Guide 1) | EGP

Portrait Gallery (Crystal Palace Guide 2) | EGP