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 - February 2008
Latest News
New Publication: “Evolution of the animals: a Linnean tercentenary celebration”6th May 2008
Following a highly successful joint meeting of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society of London in June 2007, the Royal Society has produced “The evolution of the animals: a Linnean tercentenary celebration”, organised and edited by Maximilian J Telford and D Timothy J Littlewood.
The Linnean: Volume 24 Number 229th April 2008
April 2008 is now available in print and online this issue contains details of the closing events to the Tercentenary year as well as Gina Douglas' retirement celebrations in January.
Conserving Nature in London23rd April 2008
The Linnean Society was pleased to welcome David Bevan FLS at an evening meeting on 17th April when he spoke on "Conserving nature in London".
New publication
Order out of ChaosLinnaean Plant Names and their Types
By Dr Charlie Jarvis
A major new work from the Linnean Plant Name Typification Project.
This landmark work, a co-publication from the Linnean Society of London and London's Natural History Museum, is a guide to the typifications of plant names described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1708-1778).
Published 23 May 2007 £80 + postage & packing
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Darwin 200
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin
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A set of articles on Darwin and Wallace from previous issues of The Linnean.
Major building works began in earnest in the Library Reading Room on Wednesday 13th February and will continue until the beginning of May.
Meetings Programme11th May 12.00 Voyages of Exploration: discovering and collecting the natural world
15th May 9.30am The Role of Botanic Gardens in the 21st Century
23rd May 11.00am Council Meeting
23rd May 3.30pm Anniversary Meeting
29th - 30th May 9.00am Wood Matters: A celebration of the work of John Barnett
29th - 30th May Padua, Italy Updating the Linnaean Heritage - Names as tools for talking about plants and animals
26th June 5.30pm A Natural History of Conifers
The LinneanThe Linnean: Volume 24 Number 2 April 2008 is available in print and online.
This issue contains details of the closing events to the Tercentenary year as well as Gina Douglas' retirement celebrations in January.
Articles include "Identifying 'Erica hirsuta anglica'" and "Botanical and zoological illustrations of the 19th century: a survey of the changes in printing techniques with examples taken from our archives".
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