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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 […]

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

Natural History Department: Ethnology, Zoology, Botany (Crystal Palace Guide 13) | EGP

The “Natural History Court” had two organising themes. First, ethnology – a speciality in anthropology emphasising comparisons between human cultures – was a new discipline in the 1850s. Displays included material from thirteen exotic human groups […]

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 […]

Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

Synthesis Period in Evolutionary Studies

Columbia Biological Series, 1894-1974

Biodynamica, published by Basile J. Luyet

Sergei Sergeevich Chetverikov (1880-1959) Russian population geneticist

Historical Significance of George Gaylord Simpson’s Tempo and Mode in Evolution (1944)

Genetics: Sewall Wright Taught Me, volume 2 | EGP

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Punch 1855 Cartoon Visiting Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Punch 1855 Cartoon Dreaming of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Remembering Dinner in the Dinosaur: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’ 1862 Sketch

New Year’s Eve Dinner in the Iguanodon at Crystal Palace 31 December 1853

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

History of Science

Statue from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the British Museum

Eoörnis pterovelox gobiensis (Eoornis) | EGP

Robert Fitzroy is buried in Upper Norwood Cemetery (photographs)

Interview with Robert Evan Sloan (1929-2019)

Sergei Sergeevich Chetverikov (1880-1959) Russian population geneticist

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Queen Victoria Visited Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

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Crystal Palace Guides | Euston Grove Press

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

Natural History Department: Ethnology, Zoology, Botany (Crystal Palace Guide 13) | EGP

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