# rarebooks phycology britishscienceweek

Umm phycologist and patient day on October 10th //>v<// blushes… m-my birthday. Uhh so cool https://t.co/C3xF8n8SeI

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2021-09-26

Seaweed collecting was a popular Victorian pastime, with enthusiasts including Queen Victoria and George Eliot. ‘Ocean flowers and their teachings’ (1846) contains pressed seaweed specimens and was perfect for budding phycologists!

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2020-04-23

In these uncertain times I like to mentally retreat into things that only phycologists stand a chance of enjoying. I spent way too much time on this figure depicting Arctic seaweeds, which serves literally no other purpose except to look cool (pun intended)

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2020-03-31

Seaweed collecting was a popular Victorian pastime, with enthusiasts including Queen Victoria and George Eliot. ‘Ocean flowers and their teachings’ (1846) contains pressed seaweed specimens and was perfect for budding phycologists!

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2020-03-11

Hervey was a clergyman, botanist, phycologist, and bryologist - specialized in marine algae. https://t.co/bzXyS3pxDE

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2017-01-27

Hervey was a clergyman, botanist, phycologist, and bryologist - specialized in marine algae. https://t.co/bzXyS3pxDE

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2016-02-21