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Carl Linnaeus' Lapland Diary (1732) manuscript was translated from Swedish to English by Sir James Edward Smith, English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society, in 1811.

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2022-12-04

was commissioned to undertake the identification of the radiolarians for British Challenger expedition in the 1870s & described more than 4,000 species of these exquisite unicellular organisms.
He went on to be awarded the Linnean Society’s Linnean Medal in 1894.

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2022-08-09

It is Mmm…mango day! Images of the inimitable Mangifera indica from "The Life of Indian Plants" by Immanuel Pfleiderer (1872-1949), Swiss missionary, teacher & botanist. Last image is from Linnean herbarium of M. indica.

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2022-07-22

Alfred R. Wallace was born today in 1823. Happy birthday!
You can find images of his natural history notebooks and journals held at the Linnean Society of London here: https://t.co/dx4PxCj3uO

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2021-01-08

In Sydney 1885, when this beetle is first shown in the Linnean Society meeting, it draws lot of attention

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Quick painting practice, Phalacrognathus muelleri / Mueller's stag beetle

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2020-03-07

disrespect she received from the male dominated, scientific world might be what influenced her to write a tale about a rebellious little rabbit. While few people can recall what works from the London's Linnean Society survived, almost everyone knows who Peter Rabbit is. (5/5)

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2020-02-20

For we found this image of a wild carrot from our collections. It is 1 of 15 pen and water colour drawings of Australian flowering plants, and thought to have been sent to the Linnean Society by Major Robert Ross.

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2019-04-04

Carl Linnaeus was born in 1707. Have you seen our Linnean Correspondence collection? https://t.co/hVGANf40XU We have digitised letters sent & received by the great man himself. To also celebrate we have found this letter sent to him by Thomas Pennant.

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2018-05-23

Our November e-newsletter is out! Subscribe for updates https://t.co/cVThisvPk5

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2016-10-26

Our February e-newsletter is out! Subscribe for updates https://t.co/LTYka3EPzy

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2016-01-30