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The Hooker Lecture: Hooker and Islands
- Hosted by:
- Linnean Society of London
- Speaker:
-
Sam Berry PPLS
- Starts:
- May 08, 2008 at 05:30 pm
- Ends:
- May 08, 2008 at 08:00 pm
- Location:
- Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, , Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BF United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), friend and scientific confidant of Charles Darwin, lectured in 1866 on “Insular floras” at the Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. His interest and knowledge of islands had been aroused when he travelled to the Antarctic aboard the Erebus under Sir James Clark Ross. On his return, Darwin passed on to Hooker the botanical collections he had made on the Beagle voyage. Hooker’s conclusions from these and his own material and experiences were important to Darwin as he developed his own ideas. The 1866 lecture provided a focus for subsequent and informative studies on evolution, and islands continue to provide invaluable natural laboratories for evolutionary biology and genetics.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Tea will be served in the Library from 5.30pm and the lecture will be followed by a wine reception. This meeting is free and open to all, registration is not necessary
For more information
- Contact person:
- Kate Longhurst, The Linnean Society of London
- Phone:
- 020 7434 4479
- Email:
- kate [ at ] linnean.org
- Website:
- The Hooker Lecture: Hooker and Islands
