Andrew Taylor
@andy4040.bsky.social
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Teaching today in the @morethanadodo.bsky.social seminar room, what better place to teach about natural history & natural history collecting to history undergrads for my first ever class for @ox.ac.uk history faculty! Huge thanks as always to @andy4040.bsky.social for the extra specimen loans!
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Teaching today in the @morethanadodo.bsky.social seminar room, what better place to teach about natural history & natural history collecting to history undergrads for my first ever class for @ox.ac.uk history faculty! Huge thanks as always to @andy4040.bsky.social for the extra specimen loans!
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New article out today with @andy4040.bsky.social on the Liebig Trading Cards in the collection for the #BritishNaturalistsAssociation Country-Side Magazine #TradingCards #NaturalHistory #Ephemera #NewArticleAlert❗️
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New article out today with @andy4040.bsky.social on the Liebig Trading Cards in the collection for the #BritishNaturalistsAssociation Country-Side Magazine #TradingCards #NaturalHistory #Ephemera #NewArticleAlert❗️
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Here's a chrysalis being consumed by the fungus Cordyceps farinosa. This was found by @mothman60.bsky.social in North Yorkshire. #fungi #mycology
October 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here's a chrysalis being consumed by the fungus Cordyceps farinosa. This was found by @mothman60.bsky.social in North Yorkshire. #fungi #mycology
A natural history collector’s dream haul - over sixty complete Liebig card sets, newly added to the A. Taylor Collection.
🦪 Oysters & fishes
🪲 Strange Insects & Parasites
🦘 Australian Mammals
🌊 Marine Algae
🌴 Strange Trees of the World
Each set = six rich chromolithos
Tiny teaching tools
🦪 Oysters & fishes
🪲 Strange Insects & Parasites
🦘 Australian Mammals
🌊 Marine Algae
🌴 Strange Trees of the World
Each set = six rich chromolithos
Tiny teaching tools
June 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A natural history collector’s dream haul - over sixty complete Liebig card sets, newly added to the A. Taylor Collection.
🦪 Oysters & fishes
🪲 Strange Insects & Parasites
🦘 Australian Mammals
🌊 Marine Algae
🌴 Strange Trees of the World
Each set = six rich chromolithos
Tiny teaching tools
🦪 Oysters & fishes
🪲 Strange Insects & Parasites
🦘 Australian Mammals
🌊 Marine Algae
🌴 Strange Trees of the World
Each set = six rich chromolithos
Tiny teaching tools
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Massive thanks also to @gilbertwhites.bsky.social for hosting us, to @andy4040.bsky.social for loaning us some wonderful specimens from his collection, and to @edwinrose.bsky.social and Mary-Ann Constantine (and me 😂) for loaning books and documents.
June 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Massive thanks also to @gilbertwhites.bsky.social for hosting us, to @andy4040.bsky.social for loaning us some wonderful specimens from his collection, and to @edwinrose.bsky.social and Mary-Ann Constantine (and me 😂) for loaning books and documents.
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Our exhibition Curious Minds: Thomas Pennant and Gilbert White launches on the 8th April at @gilbertwhites.bsky.social! We’re delighted that the exhibition will feature objects and images loaned by many organisations (see comments!)
Book your place at the launch at info@gilbertwhites.org.uk
Book your place at the launch at info@gilbertwhites.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Our exhibition Curious Minds: Thomas Pennant and Gilbert White launches on the 8th April at @gilbertwhites.bsky.social! We’re delighted that the exhibition will feature objects and images loaned by many organisations (see comments!)
Book your place at the launch at info@gilbertwhites.org.uk
Book your place at the launch at info@gilbertwhites.org.uk
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Don’t forget to follow our project account @curioustravellers.bsky.social for more information on our project, partners, and team!
March 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Don’t forget to follow our project account @curioustravellers.bsky.social for more information on our project, partners, and team!
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The project team are grateful for loans and donations of specimens and images from @nhm-london.bsky.social @andy4040.bsky.social Arader Galleries (NYC), National Library Wales, Houghton Library (Harvard), The Linda Hall Library, & Smithsonian Libraries & Archives.
March 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The project team are grateful for loans and donations of specimens and images from @nhm-london.bsky.social @andy4040.bsky.social Arader Galleries (NYC), National Library Wales, Houghton Library (Harvard), The Linda Hall Library, & Smithsonian Libraries & Archives.
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Images in the above post are of just a few of the specimens in @nhm-london.bsky.social Pennant collections (images (c) the Trustees of the Natural History Museum)
March 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Images in the above post are of just a few of the specimens in @nhm-london.bsky.social Pennant collections (images (c) the Trustees of the Natural History Museum)
A letter; hand-written and signed by Sir Richard Owen KCB FRMS FRS (from the collections).
Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a leading biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist who founded the Natural History Museum in London and famously coined the term ‘Dinosaur’. @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a leading biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist who founded the Natural History Museum in London and famously coined the term ‘Dinosaur’. @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A letter; hand-written and signed by Sir Richard Owen KCB FRMS FRS (from the collections).
Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a leading biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist who founded the Natural History Museum in London and famously coined the term ‘Dinosaur’. @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a leading biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist who founded the Natural History Museum in London and famously coined the term ‘Dinosaur’. @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
A recent search through the collections revealed a couple of specimens that are definitely worth sharing: two hadal amphipods - Bathycallisoma (Scopelocheirus) schellenbergi from an unbelievable 10,047m (32,949 ft) depth in the Kermadec Trench: @nhm-london.bsky.social @stephholtnh.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A recent search through the collections revealed a couple of specimens that are definitely worth sharing: two hadal amphipods - Bathycallisoma (Scopelocheirus) schellenbergi from an unbelievable 10,047m (32,949 ft) depth in the Kermadec Trench: @nhm-london.bsky.social @stephholtnh.bsky.social
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January 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM