Devotee of geo-history and collections in the service of science teaching and communication. PhD History of Science, Leeds, November 2023
Joined February 2018
- Tweets124
- Following582
- Followers210
- Likes5.7K
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
My first (long overdue) visit to @lapworthmuseum a treat to glimpse its amazing collections including teaching diagrams and models
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
Dr Susan Newell retweeted
We're Hiring! Please share!
The Unearthing the Buckland Archive Project will see the cataloguing of the complete archive of W Buckland. Working to a strict deadline, you will be responsible for arranging, cataloguing and repacking the Buckland Archive.
oumnh.web.ox.ac.uk/project-a…
#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
Dr Susan Newell retweeted
@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
Dr Susan Newell retweeted
Our Undergraduate Bursary Scheme applications are NOW OPEN!
This Scheme is designed to give undergrads hands-on experience working in a museum of natural history!
PLEASE SHARE
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…
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
Buckland Papers Appeal morethanadodo.com/2022/11/17… via @morethanadodo
