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SUMMARY:Natural history on the move: John Ray's continental travels\, 1663
 –1666 - Christopher D. Preston (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)
DTSTART:20141110T130000Z
DTEND:20141110T141500Z
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CONTACT:Margaret Carlyle
DESCRIPTION:In April 1663 John Ray left Dover for Calais\, accompanied by 
 two friends from Trinity College\, Cambridge\, Francis Willughby and Phili
 p Skippon\, and by Nathaniel Bacon. By the time Ray and Skippon returned t
 o Dover in April 1666 they had travelled east to Vienna\, south though Ita
 ly to Sicily and Malta and then home via Rome\, Geneva and Montpellier\, o
 nly leaving Montpellier when forced to do so by the expulsion of all Engli
 shmen from France. In this talk I hope to examine the approach adopted by 
 these hard-working travellers\, distinguishing it from the more sybaritic 
 behaviour associated with the Grand Tour. I will then discuss how they wer
 e able to study natural history (and in particular plants\, birds and fish
 ) when on the move. Finally\, I will outline the way in which the survivin
 g plant specimens from the tour can be used to examined the claim by C.E. 
 Raven\, Ray's biographer\, that Francis Willughby 'contributed almost noth
 ing to Ray's botanical work'.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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