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Tag Archives: Kew Gardens
The Transit of Venus
It’s always the same thing – you wait for ages for a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and then three come along at once: the London Olympic Games next month (if you like that sort of thing), the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Earth Sciences, History, Life Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, The Naval Chronicle, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Captain Cook, Daniel Solander, Kerguelen Islands, Kew Gardens, Rodrigues, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, transit of Venus
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The House of Veitch
When Marianne North was on her botanical travels in Borneo, she painted –among many other subjects – some of the exotic nepenthes, or pitcher plants, which grow on the branches of rainforest trees, but instead of feeding parasitically off their … Continue reading
Posted in Life Science, Women's Writing
Tagged Joseph Hooker, Kew Gardens, Marianne North, Veitch nursery
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Recollections Of A Happy Life
The life in question was led by Marianne North. Yet another of the Victorian ladies in our list who do not conform to the ‘angel in the house’ stereotype, her travels worldwide were extraordinary enough, but her skill and productivity … Continue reading
Darwin’s Biggest Fan?
If T.H. Huxley was famously ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’ – the pugnacious supporter who wiped the smirk off the face of ‘Soapy Sam’ Wilberforce (son and biographer of William) during the British Association debate in Oxford in 1860 – and J. S. … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Sciences, Life Science, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Alfred Russel Wallace, Antarctic exploration, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Himalayas, HMS Erebus, HMS Terror, James Clark Ross, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Kew Gardens, Mt Everest, Sir Joseph Banks, T.H. Huxley, William Jackson Hooker
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