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978-1-906267-11-7 Jameson 1854 Handbook to the Courts of Modern Sculpture

Courts of Modern Sculpture (Crystal Palace Guide 14) | EGP

An inventory for the statues and sculptures displayed in the Crystal Palace and Park. It’s a celebration of modern sculpting, 17th to 19th century, with English work set alongside French, German, and Italian masters. Individual […]

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 […]

George Baxter print showing Crystal Palace 1854 Sydenham view from the north

Guide to Crystal Palace and Park from 1871 | EGP

The Crystal Palace Company published a Guide to Crystal Palace and Park nearly every year in the first few decades after opening their attraction in Sydenham in 1854. These guides described main attractions – especially […]

Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

Synthesis Period in Evolutionary Studies

One Hundred and One Mendelians – Buttolph (2008)

Ernst Mayr and the Biology of Birds Exhibit at AMNH

Biodynamica, published by Basile J. Luyet

Society for the Study of Speciation: Bibliographic Analysis Using LLM

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

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

New Crystal Palace at Sydenham – 1852 – First Look

Gideon Mantell’s 1851 Guide to Fossils at British Museum

Punch 1855 Cartoon Dreaming of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Queen Victoria Visited Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

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

History of Science

George Carpenter’s 1894 Essay on Collections to Illustrate Evolution and Geographical Distribution of Animals

Music of the Stars – Live Performance Celebrating History of Astronomy

Robert Fitzroy is buried in Upper Norwood Cemetery (photographs)

Edward Turner was a Creole. So what?

New Evidence on Dobzhansky 1936 “Jesup” lectures

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Crystal Palace Guides | Euston Grove Press

Courts of Modern Sculpture (Crystal Palace Guide 14) | EGP

Portrait Gallery (Crystal Palace Guide 2) | EGP

Guide to Crystal Palace and Park from 1871 | EGP