I’m a historian of science. This category is for posts covering material in this subject area.
There’s a mystery animal outside St Paul’s Cathedral in central London. What is it? The best, first historical source describes it as an alligator. Seriously? To locate it, visit St Paul’s Cathedral churchyard. Move to More…
The Evolution of Man exhibit in the Natural History Gallery in Horniman Museum. This post presents a photo gallery. The Evolution of Man exhibit has evolved significantly over many years. The current presentation is much reduced More…
The “Heredity – Mendelism” display occupies case 91 of the Evidences of Evolution exhibit in the Natural History Gallery of Horniman Museum. This photo gallery presents close-up detail for this display, with apologies for the More…
Photo gallery for the Aquarium in Horniman Museum. The elements focusing on British coastal life mention the work on Philip Henry Gosse, whose advocacy of the aquarium and vivarium helped to launch a mid-Victorian craze More…
The “Evolution of the Horse” display occupies cases 84-86 of the Evidences of Evolution exhibit in the Natural History Gallery of Horniman Museum. This post presents a photo gallery. Evolution of the Horse display All More…
Survey of Birds exhibit in the Natural History Gallery in Horniman Museum. This post presents a photo gallery. Cases associated with the Survey of Birds exhibit cluster on the north and west sides of the Natural History More…
The Locomotion of Animals exhibit occupies cases 11-29 in the Natural History Gallery of Horniman Museum. This post presents a photo gallery. The museum published a visitor’s handbook to accompany Locomotion of Animals. It had two More…
Defences of Animals Exhibit in the Natural History Gallery in Horniman Museum. This post presents a photo gallery. The museum published a visitor’s handbook to accompany Locomotion of Animals. Henry Neal Milligan FZS (1882–1967) wrote the More…
Survey of the Animal Kingdom exhibit in the Natural History Gallery in Horniman Museum aims to present representative examples from all major groups of animals. In essence, this is an object-based textbook of zoological classification. More…
The Evidences of Evolution exhibit in the Natural History Gallery at Horniman Museum and Gardens presents British evolutionary studies as it stood in the early 1920s. The exhibit builds on an earlier Horniman display, “History of More…
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