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Dear All,
Apologies for cross posting. Please find attached the details of the next Collections Seminar Event at the NHM.
Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane.
This is the first modern biography of Hans Sloane, one of the seminal figures in 18th century England. He made his fortune as a society doctor and as physician to the royal family,
through his links to the slave trade and through his substantial property investments in Chelsea, many of whose streets still carry his name. Taking advantage of England’s expanding imperial and trading influence; Sloane established his reputation as a leading
naturalist to become the greatest collector of his age and the centre of a global network of travellers and agents who knew he would pay for anything that interested him.
Speaker: James Delbourgo
Is a British historian educated at East Anglia, Cambridge and Columbia Universities, who specializes in the Enlightenment. In 2008, he became Associate Professor in the History of Science and
the Atlantic World at Rutgers University.
If you would like to
attend the seminar
please email Zoë Hughes, Curator of Fossil Invertebrates (Brachiopods and Cephalopods), and the coordinator of the
series for 2016 at [log in to unmask].
Directions for entrance on the day
Please enter the Museum entrance on Exhibition Road. If
you go to the reception desk they will direct you to the Flett Theatre which is on Floor 1 of the Red
Zone. This is in a public area of the Museum and visitors can make their own way there.
Kind Regards
Zoë
Zoë Hughes
Curator of Brachiopods and Cephalopods
Department of Earth Sciences
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
T +44 (0)20 7942 5470
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