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SUMMARY:Enlightenment\, Empire and Thomas Pennant's Practices of Natural H
 istory - Edwin Rose\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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CONTACT:Dr Stefanie Ullmann
DESCRIPTION:Often referred to as the birth of 'modernity\,' the late eight
 eenth century witnessed the emergence of British scientific collecting on 
 a global scale. Exploring the diverse collections assembled by the Welsh n
 aturalist Thomas Pennant (1726-98)\, often considered to be the most impor
 tant British zoologist between John Ray in the seventeenth century and Cha
 rles Darwin in the nineteenth\, this talk analyses Pennant's methods of ga
 thering and analysing information from around the world. Pennant's collect
 ions were integral to his publishing programme\, books that both met a glo
 bal audience while stimulating the production\, communication and dissemin
 ation of natural knowledge. 
LOCATION:Richard King room\, Darwin College
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