Edwin Rose

YouTube video by Linnean Society Reading the World | British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820

Video of @edwinrose.bsky.social's talk last week on his book "Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820," for the @linneansociety.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdiV...

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A gilt-framed portrait of Charles Darwin, by John Collier.

Happy Birthday Charles Darwin, 217 today. 🎉 Very nice to see his portrait at @linneansociety.bsky.social this evening.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed

Really looking forward to speaking @linneansociety.bsky.social on Wednesday 4 February - do come along if you are free!

Really looking forward to speaking @linneansociety.bsky.social on Wednesday 4 February - do come along if you are free!

Edwin Rose in front of the front cover of his latest book - British Practices of Natural History.

What counted as knowledge in Britain’s age of exploration...and who decided?

On Wed 4 Feb, @edwinrose.bsky.social explores how natural knowledge was shaped by travel, collecting, and exchange - and whose voices were left out.

6–8pm · Burlington House

Find out more: buff.ly/ypMIRvt

"It is thanks to Tupaia’s skill as a linguist that European botanists were able to discover the Māori names and uses for many of the plants they were observing for the first time, according to Rose."
@nichecanada.bsky.social

A true delight to have worked with @andreahart.bsky.social @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social on this project-only the tip of the iceberg of an extraordinary collection!

Really exciting project

Very proud to have worked with @edwinrose.bsky.social and our other partners in New Zealand and at Cambridge on this. Even happier to see the fruits of Sydney Parkinson’s skill and efforts in glorious high resolution detail nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44... #botanicalart #collaboration

Newly Digitized Records Reveal How Indigenous People Shared Their Knowledge of New Zealand's Plants With Captain Cook's Crew Long-overlooked documents housed at London's Natural History Museum testify to the exchange of information between 18th-century European botanists and their Indigenous counterparts

Delighted to see this recent article in the @smithsonianmag.bsky.social by @donnalferguson.bsky.social on some of the research outputs for the Naming Species in the South Pacific project: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl... With thanks to our collaborators, @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social

Newly Digitized Records Reveal How Indigenous People Shared Their Knowledge of New Zealand's Plants With Captain Cook's Crew Long-overlooked documents housed at London's Natural History Museum testify to the exchange of information between 18th-century European botanists and their Indigenous counterparts

Delighted to see this recent article in the @smithsonianmag.bsky.social by @donnalferguson.bsky.social on some of the research outputs for the Naming Species in the South Pacific project: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl... With thanks to our collaborators, @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social

Edwin Rose in front of the front cover of his latest book - British Practices of Natural History.

What counted as knowledge in Britain’s age of exploration...and who decided?

On Wed 4 Feb, @edwinrose.bsky.social explores how natural knowledge was shaped by travel, collecting, and exchange - and whose voices were left out.

6–8pm · Burlington House

Find out more: buff.ly/ypMIRvt

Pam Soltis delivering the lecture ‘Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections for 21st-Century Challenges’.

“I think it is something very special when different collections can work together.”
Great keynote lecture by Pam Soltis yesterday evening for @camglamresearch.bsky.social on ‘Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections for 21st-Century Challenges’.

A man in a grey jacket points at antique books as a crowd looks on with interest

A large serrated fossil shark's tooth rests on the palm of a hand, almost filling it

A conference report for our exhilarating 'Curious Collections' day at the Natural History Museum (@nhm-london.bsky.social)

curioustravellers.ac.uk/conference-r...

A title image for 'Indian Zoology' with an illustration of a framed, swooping bird of paradise arching over a hilly landscape

Now Edwin Rose (@edwinrose.bsky.social) moves on to birds, and the original bird of paradise specimen that was illustrated for the title image of Pennant's 'Indian Zoology' - now present in the museum, with starling feet attached to replace the lost originals

New @ H-Sci-Med-Tech:

Check out @njcornish.bsky.social (@unisouthampton.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @rbgkew.bsky.social )’s on @edwinrose.bsky.social (@hpsleeds.bsky.social‬)’s _Reading the World: British Practice of Natural History, 1760-1820_, @upittpress.bsky.social 2025

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Joseph Banks: the man who collected the world The pioneering naturalist and botanist helped transform European knowledge of the natural world.

Delighted to see this recent citation of my research on BBC Lincolnshire! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @hpsleeds.bsky.social @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social

Delighted to have contributed to this - Henslow was a truly fascinating character who contributed to both botanical science and pedagogy

Geological map of Anglesey from J.S. Henslow's 1822 article Geological Description of Anglesea. Credit: Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Henslow's botanical drawings. Credit: University of Cambridge.

Celebrating 200 years since John Stevens Henslow became Professor of Botany at Cambridge.

It's almost 200 years to the day since Henslow took an oath before the Vice Chancellor as 'King's Reader in Botany' on 10 October 1825.

Find out more about his legacy: tinyurl.com/4stzwhz9

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Fascinating talk by @edwinrose.bsky.social on his new book, Reading the World - revealing the important influence of indigenous communities and their local names and ecological knowledge on 18th century naturalists in naming and making sense of the natural world.
#UnknownWales #AmgeueddfaCymru

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

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

@cuherb.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. ...

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

📚 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

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.