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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Aug 29

And thanks to @stephholtnh.bsky.social and Andy Taylor for the photos!

Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Aug 29

Had a wonderful visit to @nhm-london.bsky.social Tring last week to examine some of the bird collection compiled by the naturalist Thomas Pennant (1726-98) - a very rare surviving 18th century ornithological collection. @curioustravellers.bsky.social

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Aug 3

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Aug 3

Delighted to see my recent article on the life of Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), third professor of botany at Cambridge in print! www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/... @theul.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social @hpsleeds.bsky.social @sidneysussex.bsky.social

The autobiography of Thomas Martyn (1735–1825), naturalist, cleric, and Cambridge professor of botany | Archives of Natural History

A little-known autobiography of the Reverend Thomas Martyn (1735–1825), Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge between 1762 and 1825, is transcribed and published here for the first time. ...

www.euppublishing.com

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Jul 21

Very much looking forward to speaking at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Thursday evening - do come along if you are in Sydney!

Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · Jul 17

Join us at the Chau Chak Wing Museum for an event on 24 July when @edwinrose.bsky.social speaks on his new book 'Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History'.

www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...

Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History 1760-1820

24 July 6-7pm, Chau Chak Wing Museum. A talk on Dr Edwin Rose’s new book researching the practices of Natural History in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

www.sydney.edu.au

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Jul 21

Very much looking forward to speaking at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Thursday evening - do come along if you are in Sydney!

Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · Jul 17

Join us at the Chau Chak Wing Museum for an event on 24 July when @edwinrose.bsky.social speaks on his new book 'Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History'.

www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...

Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History 1760-1820

24 July 6-7pm, Chau Chak Wing Museum. A talk on Dr Edwin Rose’s new book researching the practices of Natural History in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

www.sydney.edu.au

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Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · Jul 17

Join us at the Chau Chak Wing Museum for an event on 24 July when @edwinrose.bsky.social speaks on his new book 'Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History'.

www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...

Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History 1760-1820

24 July 6-7pm, Chau Chak Wing Museum. A talk on Dr Edwin Rose’s new book researching the practices of Natural History in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

www.sydney.edu.au

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Jul 17

Looking forward to speaking at @seamuseum.bsky.social on Sunday! Do come along if you are around.

Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · Jul 14

📚 Author Talk: Reading the World: Natural History, 1760–1820

Join historian Edwin D. Rose talking about his new work exploring the role of natural history in shaping global knowledge during the age of empire.

Book now http://bit.ly/454uMzm

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Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social · Jul 15

📚 Author Talk: Reading the World: Natural History, 1760–1820

Join historian Edwin D. Rose talking about his new work exploring the role of natural history in shaping global knowledge during the age of empire.

Book now http://bit.ly/454uMzm

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Jul 9

Looking forward to talking about my new book for the Auckland Botanical Society this evening! Do feel free to come along if you are around.

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Stephanie Holt @stephholtnh.bsky.social · Jun 23

And just like that our exhibition Curious Minds: Thomas Pennant and Gilbert White is over 🥲.
I’ve loved the whole process of exhibition design, installation, and events, and I’m so proud of what we created for @curioustravellers.bsky.social

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Jun 19

Looking forward to speaking at the Singapore Botanic Gardens next week - do come along if you are around! www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg/whats-ha...

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Jun 19

Looking forward to speaking at the Singapore Botanic Gardens next week - do come along if you are around! www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg/whats-ha...

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Curious Travellers @curioustravellers.bsky.social · Jun 10

Calling all artistic sleuths on Bluesky - if you know anything about the missing paintings from the home of Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant pictured here, please get in touch with @edwinrose.bsky.social!

Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Jun 7

Yes, here is a clearer image showing the penguins by Peter Paillou and a plate Pennant commissioned that reproduces one of the other images from this set of four that represents species from the arctic - do let me know if you know where they are!

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Jun 7

Yes, here is a clearer image showing the penguins by Peter Paillou and a plate Pennant commissioned that reproduces one of the other images from this set of four that represents species from the arctic - do let me know if you know where they are!

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Curious Travellers @curioustravellers.bsky.social · Jun 4

Now @edwinrose.bsky.social tells us (with appropriate shock and horror) of the large lost painting of penguins by Peter Paillou from Pennant's Downing Hall, sold at auction and currently unaccounted for.

Pictured (almost visibly...) in the slide - if you've ever seen it, get in touch!

A man in a jacket with widespread arms and a wide eyed expression speaks beneath a blurred black and white slide showing a painted penguin

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · Jun 3

The Trust's 2024 Annual Review is now available online. The fantastic spread of projects featured provides a glimpse into the research we support across the disciplines.

Read now: leverhulme.ac.uk/annual-review

Screenshot of a project featured in the Trust's 2024 Annual Review. Satellite image of Lake Victoria and Lake Turkana, forest clearly visible in green.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · May 29

This sounds a fascinating talk. Wish I was in Whitby.

Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · May 24

Come and hear me talk about the Cook voyages, natural history and Indigenous knowledge on 30th May!

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · May 29

Looking forward to speaking about my new book at the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby tomorrow
@whitbynats.bsky.social @handhyorkshire.bsky.social

Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · May 24

Come and hear me talk about the Cook voyages, natural history and Indigenous knowledge on 30th May!

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · May 24

Come and hear me talk about the Cook voyages, natural history and Indigenous knowledge on 30th May!

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Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social · May 26

Beautiful botanical details inside & out in this recent acquisition from @quaritch1847.bsky.social: Henrietta Moriarty's 'Viridarium: coloured plates of
greenhouse plants' (London, 1806), produced in part to free her from destitution after the early death of her dissolute husband. CUL 8000.d.1621.

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NHM Library and Archives @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social · May 26

We're not asking you to *judge* a book by its cover (this one has some lovely artwork inside), just that you don't look past it! #Bookbinding #SpecialBooks #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Bookbindings #Doublure #FineBinding

Alt text: A video on the terminology, relative cost, and practice of binding books.

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · May 24

Come and hear me talk about the Cook voyages, natural history and Indigenous knowledge on 30th May!

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · May 21

Yes, indeed! And we certainly discussed Banks's library in the context of my undergraduate dissertation. I am, in fact, giving a talk in Aberystwyth in June: www.ticketsource.co.uk/llgcnlw/evt-...

And another in Cardiff in September...

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Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · May 20

Last day to sign up for this event, taking place tomorrow, Wednesday 21 May in the Whipple Museum.

Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social · Apr 17

The Cambridge launch for my new book, Reading the World, is at the Whipple Museum, 5-7pm on Wednesday 21st May. Please do sign up if you would like to come along!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Book Launch: Edwin Rose, Reading the World (2025)

Book launch and drinks reception for Edwin Rose's new book Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History 1760-1820 (2025)

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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