by Bill Ashworth | Jan 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Jean-Théodore Descourtilz, a French naturalist and bird illustrator, died Jan. 13, 1855, at the age of about 57. Descourtilz travelled to Brazil in 1826 and began drawing the native birds. By 1834, he had collected enough paintings to publish Oiseaux brillans du...
by Bill Ashworth | Dec 30, 2020 | Scientist of the Day, Uncategorized
Georg Wolfgang Knorr, a German engraver, was born Dec. 30, 1705. Knorr was introduced to natural history engraving when, while still an apprentice, he worked on the plates for Johann Scheuchzer’s popular Physica sacra (1731-35; we have a copy in the History of...
by Jon Ratliff | Sep 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Every fall, 20 to 30 UMKC students spend time each week at the Linda Hall Library in what some would consider a scholarly scavenger hunt. The students are from CHEM 410: Chemical Literature class, taught by Dr. Jerry Dias. The students come to Linda Hall Library for...
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