References
Reference
Cruickshank, Arthur R I (1998) 101 things to do with a dead plesiosaur - A talk given to Section C of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on the 18th November 1998;Unpublished talk notes, , pp.1-6
101 things to do with a dead plesiosaur - A talk given to Section C of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on the 18th November 1998
Principal Author
Arthur R I Cruickshank
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Popular Article
Journal
Unpublished talk notes
Pages
1-6
Abstract
(First Paragraph) This is the tale of irreplaceable fossils, a resource that we will never be able to match again, and for which we, the Museum Community, are custodians. Our story starts in the first half of the 19th century, at a time when there was a countrywide movement to publicise the new discoveries in Natural History, Geology, Geography. Perhaps the most long-lived of that movement is the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which traces its history to 1832. The Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society dates from 1835 (Brock 1985) and its Museum came under the aegis of the City Council in 1849 (Martin 1994), so we in Leicester have been a player on the scene for over 150 years.
Keywords
Plesiosaur fossils, history, pliosaur
Language
English