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Kate Hall (curator)
Kate Marion Hall FLS FZS (August 1861 – 12 April 1918) was an English museum curator, educator and writer. As the curator of the Whitechapel Museum, Hall was the first professionally employed female curator in England. Biography Hall was born during August 1861 in Newmarket, Suffolk. Her parents were the artist Harry Hall, most known for his drawings of animals, and his wife Ellen Hall (). Hall was raised in the countryside then was educated at Highfield School in Hendon, where she was taught by Fanny Metcalfe. She then studied at University College London from 1881, but did not graduate with a degree, as she "never succeeded in mastering Latin." From 1891, Hall lectured at the Toynbee Hall project, which provided free education programmes in the East End of London, as well as giving lectures and demonstrations to local school children as part of the Natural History Society. In 1905, Hall was one of the speakers in the Horniman Museum's series of public lectures, speaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellow Of The Linnean Society Of London
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collections, and publishes academic journals and books on plant and animal biology. The society also awards a number of prestigious medals and prizes. A product of the 18th-century enlightenment, the society is the oldest extant biological society in the world and is historically important as the venue for the first public presentation of the theory of evolution by natural selection on 1 July 1858. The patron of the society is Anne, Princess Royal. Honorary members include: King Charles III of the United Kingdom, Emeritus Emperor Akihito of Japan, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (both of the latter have active interests in natural history), and the eminent naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. History Founding The Linnean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Study Museum
Nature is an inherent character or constitution, particularly of the ecosphere or the universe as a whole. In this general sense nature refers to the laws, elements and phenomena of the physical world, including life. Although humans are part of nature, human activity or humans as a whole are often described as at times at odds, or outright separate and even superior to nature. During the advent of modern scientific method in the last several centuries, nature became the passive reality, organized and moved by divine laws. With the Industrial Revolution, nature increasingly became seen as the part of reality deprived from intentional intervention: it was hence considered as sacred by some traditions (Rousseau, American transcendentalism) or a mere decorum for divine providence or human history (Hegel, Marx). However, a vitalist vision of nature, closer to the pre-Socratic one, got reborn at the same time, especially after Charles Darwin. Within the various uses of the word t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
