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@skidwayy 1/12 While Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898), founder of @AligarhMuslimUn, is a well-known figure in South Asia, his contributions to science education and popularization are relatively unexamined. Today, I am going to introduce us to some examples #histSTM #BSHSGlobalHist
@GardensOfChina 6/12 Blake’s project was left unfinished at his early death in 1773 but related manuscripts & paintings kept in several archives (the attached images are kept @oak_spring) allow for unprecedented information on Chinese go-betweens that helped British naturalists #BSHSGlobalHist
@Misabru @britishmuseum 3/12..out clay tablets he could not read, many of which were lost during their transport via Bombay. Secondly when the objects arrived in London many ended up in storage, the museum being unsure what to do with them. Thirdly Layard had relied on the local Assyrian #BSHSGlobalHist
@gianamar97 1/12 This paper situates the #Jesuit Lafitau’s (1681-1746) “discovery” of Canadian #ginseng (1717) in its social, commercial, & religious contexts & shows how the missionary’s upbringing & education in France shaped how he perceived & Galenised New World nature. #BSHSGlobalHist