The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World–and Us
A Rainy Day Books author event co-sponsored and hosted by the Linda Hall Library.
Francis Willughby
Francis Willughby, an English naturalist, was born Nov. 22, 1635. Willughby studied under John Ray at Cambridge, and when Ray was removed from his teaching position for refusing to take the Oath of Uniformity in 1662, Willughby and Ray embarked on a three year tour of...Edward Lear
Edward Lear, an English poet and naturalist, was born May 12, 1812. Most people know Lear for his limericks and nonsense verse, and you probably recognize the poem that begins: “The owl and the pussy-cat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat”, and continues, a...
The Evolution of Beauty with Richard Prum
14th Annual Paul D. Bartlett, Sr. Lecture with Richard Prum, William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
Johan Keulemans
Johan Gerard Keulemans, a Dutch illustrator, died Mar. 29, 1912, at age 69. Keulemans moved to London in 1868 and almost immediately became one of the most sought-after zoological artists for a new wave of natural history books that was beginning to appear. After the...
NOTIFICATIONS
- The Library will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day.