Welcome
A Forum for Natural History
At the Linnean Society of London we are driven by a single purpose as outlined in our first charter, 200 years ago:
The cultivation of the Science of Natural History in all its branches
Today more than ever the Society is an important contemporary organisation encouraging debate, research, publications, meetings, as well as maintaining internationally important historical collections in the biological sciences.
If you are not already a member we do hope that you will still attend our events (which are open to members and non-members alike), or use our email update service - linnean-news - to stay in touch.
Anyone interested in our work is welcome to join the Society. Those with ideas, comments, suggestions or questions are also encouraged to make contact.
Message from the President - November 2008
Latest News
A Message from the President - November 200819th November 2008
The Society is looking forward to the bicentenary celebrations of the birth of Charles Darwin next year and has already held a number of successful Darwin-related meetings.
New Admissions 13th November 200814th November 2008
The Linnean Society was delighted to welcome the following new admissions:
The Longer the Better: A celebration of long-term datasets in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Robert Marsham FRS11th November 2008
This one day meeting to celebrate long-term data was held in the Linnean Society rooms on 22nd October 2008. This was part of the celebrations of Marsham’s tercentenary.
New publication
The History of Natural HistoryAn annotated bibliography
By Gavin Bridson
The History of Natural History is an essential source of information for scientists, researchers and enthusiastic amateurs. This annotated bibliography, the only one to encompass the entire subject area, provides a unique key to information sources for this wide-ranging subject.
Compiled over many years by Gavin Bridson, this revised and greatly updated second edition (with over 5,300 additional references) is being published by The Linnean Society of London.
Priced at only £65 + p&p, but pre-order your copy before 30th October, 2008 and benefit from the PRE-PUBLICATION PRICE of £45 + p&p (35% reduction)
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Forthcoming Meetings
14th November - British Society for parasitology autumn symposium
20th November - Systematics Debate
27th November - The role of restoration ecology in mitigation of climate change and loss of biodiversity
4th December - Darwin and Huxley's disagreement over taxonomy's connection to evolution
Darwin 200
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin
Click here for more information
A set of articles on Darwin and Wallace from previous issues of The Linnean.
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