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Frédéric Cuvier was born #OTD in 1773. A #ZSLFellow and Head Keeper at the Zoo, Jardins des Plantes, Paris.
He described the red panda assigning the scientific name, Ailurus fulgens.
Illustration from "Histoire naturelle des mammifères" Vol. 2, by Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier.
We are open until 4pm today (yes on a Saturday!) so if you are a #ZSLFellow, Patron or Member do call in - browse or borrow books, use our space... We also have a small display about women and zoological illustration
#sciart #WomensArt
Are you a #ZSLFellow, Patron or Member?
#DYK we have a special Saturday opening for you on 10 May?
We will be open 10.30am-4pm for you to browse our books and make use of our space:
Further details: https://t.co/idILMsNNzc
Today's Cephalopod Awareness day is #KrakenDay
We thought you would all appreciate this wonderful print in Henry Lee's " The octopus ; or, the "devil-fish" of fiction and of fact" publ. 1875. The #author was a #ZSLFellow and worked as Naturalist at the Brighton #aquarium
Today is #NationalPoetryDay!
#DYK we do have a few books featuring poems about animals? Ivor Cutler was a #ZSLFellow; John Digby was a bird keeper @ZSLLondonZoo; "The Animals" is by the Empress Emerita of Japan ;... we hope you encounter some inspiring poems today!
Born #OTD in 1877 on Cocos-Keeling Islands- Gertrude Wood Jones, nee Clunies-Ross. A #ZSLFellow & the 2nd woman to be ZSL's #Librarian. She met Frederic Wood Jones when he was studying coral & atolls on the Islands. Image is part of @ZSLLibrary just before she became Librarian.
#MolluscMonday and I am taking some time for retro cataloguing. My first is such a perfect #book for today! "The octopus or the "devil-fish"of fiction and of fact" by Henry Lee in 1875. He was a #ZSLFellow working at Brighton #Aquarium. #lovemyjob
William Saville-Kent was a #ZSLFellow.
Former Secretary of @OfficialZSL, Sir Peter Chalmers-Mitchell presented this book to #ZSLLibrary and #Archives on 27 April 1935.
The chromo plates are stunning and so colourful 🪸
#OTD in 1940 a female Reeves pheasant was received @ZSLLondonZoo. It was received from a #ZSLFellow, P.C. Taylor of East Acton. This is listed in the "Daily Occurrences" in our #Archives.
#Sciart in John Gould's " Birds of Asia" Vol. 7, published 1850-1883.
Are you attending #ZSLTalks this evening? Then do call into ZSL Library and Archives beforehand, we will be open until 5.30pm.
See our newly refurbished Reading Room, look at our new displays and display cases... if you are a #ZSLFellow maybe borrow a book?📚
Are you a #ZSLFellow?
#DYK #ZSLLibrary & #Archives are open today 10-12noon for #ZSLFellows to call in to preview the changes ahead of our reopening on Tuesday?
Just turn up and press our 'buzzer' for access.
Are you a #ZSLFellow? #DYK #ZSLLibrary & #Archives are open today 10-12noon for #ZSLFellows to call in to preview the changes ahead of our reopening on Tuesday?
If you can't manage to call in today we will be open again for ZSL Fellows tomorrow morning 10am to 12 noon.
#DYK we are holding drop-in previews for #ZSLFellows on Sat 2 & Sun 3 March from 10am to 12noon? Do call in if you are a #ZSLFellow
Some rather beautiful new cushions on our sofas - all feature images from our collections🐟🦎🦆🦜🐈
A comfy place to sit when looking at #books 📚
#ZSLLibrary and #Archives are open to all on Tues & Weds from 5th March.
Please email in advance of your visit [email protected]
Are you a #ZSLFellow? We are holding drop-in previews for #ZSLFellows on Sat 2 & Sun 3 March 10am to noon. Do come along if you can
#ZSLLibrary and #Archives open again in a week's time & we are looking forward to welcoming visitors.
We will be open to all on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10.30am to 5pm. Please email us at [email protected] in advance of your visit.
📷you can see we are not quite ready this week!
#ZSLFellow & 'father of biogeography'- Alfred Russel Wallace was born #OTD in 1823.
📷recent #donations about Wallace.
@MaxSpokes13 #blogged on 'Alfred Russel Wallace and #colonialism', Max's research at ZSL as part of a (hidden) history of ZSL project: https://t.co/g6vC0GdcnV
#OTD in 1831 H.M.S. Beagle sailed from Plymouth with Charles Darwin onboard.
Darwin joined @OfficialZSL as a Corresponding Member becoming a #ZSLFellow on his return.
Images from the "The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle..." 1838-43.
On our third day of #Hogmas we have a #hedgehog in Thomas Bell's 'A history of British Quadrupeds, including Cetacea' published in 1837. 🦔📚
Thomas Bell was a #ZSLFellow and Vice-President.
Born #OTD in 1830 Eliza Brightwen née Elder, 1830-1906, Scottish born #NaturalHistory #author. A #ZSLFellow she wrote about the animals visiting her #garden at The Grove, Stanmore. She presented lemurs to @ZSLLondonZoo
Illustration by Theo. Carreras. #GardenWildlife
Can you see the #octopus in this plate of 'Barrier reef molluscs and planarians'?
From "The great barrier reef of Australia; it products and potentialities" by #ZSLFellow, W. Saville-Kent, 1893.
#WorldOctopusDay #sciart
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, was born #OTD in 1865. Ornithologist, aviator and suffragist, #ZSLFellow, one of the first women to be admitted to @LinneanSociety, member of SPB, later RSPB
@Natures_Voice.
Image from her "Bird-watcher's diary" published posthumously 1938.
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