Founders’ day lecture and dinner
Thursday 12 November 2009, starts 6pm
Tickets are limited
Dress: Black tie
Web: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/events/listings/page5725.html 


Celebrating Charles Darwin and the World of Geology
Jim Secord (Cambridge)

As well as the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species 
and the 200th birthday of its author, 2009 is also the 150th anniversary of 
Charles Darwin’s Wollaston Medal – the highest honour conferred by the 
Geological Society, and first awarded to William Smith in 1831.  Darwin won 
the medal for pioneering work on the structural uplift of the Andes and his 
theory of the origin of coral reefs.  In his most celebrated work, Darwin used a 
geological approach to solve that 'mystery of mysteries', the origin of new 
species.  
 
This pre-dinner talk by Professor Jim Secord, Director of the Darwin 
Correspondence Project, will explore a too-often overlooked aspect of Charles 
Darwin’s science.


Dinner, Le Meridien, Piccadilly
After the talk, we will move along to Le Meridien hotel for the reception and 
dinner.

The ticket price is £65 and is fully inclusive, covering the talk at the Geological 
Society, and the reception and dinner at Le Meridien, with half a bottle of wine 
per person with the meal.


Contact details
Alys Hilbourne, Events Manager, The Geological Society, Burlington House, 
Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BG. Tel: 020 7432 0981
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