Chicago region's natural history chronicled in work of a lifetime

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......he entered the Chicago region in July 1673. The...Joel Greenberg's A Natural History of the Chicago Region (The University...for the region's natural history. Like Royko's book...and flow of our natural history. In 1970, Greenberg...Greenberg considers the ...

Area's natural history proved labor of love

Post-Tribune (IN);  June 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Greenberg's "A Natural History of the Chicago Region."(PHOTO...entered the Chicago region in July 1673...Greenberg's "A Natural History of the Chicago...flow of our natural history. In 1970...considers the Chicago region to be a ...

The History of Natural History, An annotated bibliography - second...

M2 Presswire;  October 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Society of London: The History of Natural History, An annotated bibliography - second...Linnean Society entitled The History of Natural History: An annotated bibliography (second...30th October 2008. The History of Natural History is an essential source of information...

BBC Natural History Festival

Bristol Evening Post;  May 29, 2003 ;     494 words ...With the BBC's Bristol-based Natural History Unit now in its 47th year, the city...a unique position as a centre for natural history. Therefore, it's definitely not too...BBC are holding their first Bristol Natural History Festival at various venues on the...

Natural History Education for Students Heading into the Century of Biology

The American Biology Teacher;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Natural History & Evolution as Common Themes...experimental ecology, at the cost of natural history education, has robbed young biologists...argued that the unpopularity of natural history is leading to an educational and...

The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe.(Book...

Renaissance Quarterly;  December 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Ogilvie. The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe. Chicago: The...Touted as a discipline of description, natural history, Brian Ogilvie tells us, was invented...seventeenth century, when he discussed natural history as a discipline in its own right...

"Peter Pindar," Joseph Banks, and the case against natural history.

Wordsworth Circle;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......by the Royal Society included much natural history--that is, empirical studies in the...in a letter of congratulations that natural history, as he defined it, had not been a...add my wishes that something like Natural History may appear under your auspices in...

Canada's Natural History Museums Meet in the Nation's Capital.

Canadian Corporate News;  October 25, 2005 ;     445 words ......via COMTEX) -- Leaders of Canada's natural history and natural science museums from coast...public education. The Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada (ANHMC) was created...country's remarkable natural heritage. Natural history museums are repositories and guardians...

Canada's Natural History Museums Meet in the Nation's Capital

CCNMatthews Newswire;  October 25, 2005 ;     415 words ......Oct. 25, 2005) - Leaders of Canada's natural history and natural science museums from coast...public education. The Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada (ANHMC) was created...country's remarkable natural heritage. Natural history museums are repositories and guardians...

Alan Titchmarsh has worked in television for 25 years. He's the author of...

Geographical;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......interested in working with the BBC Natural History Unit and, of course, I said, Not half...always been interested in British natural history, so we thought, Let's do a big sort...Which came first for you, gardening or natural history? The gardening I think came out of...

ART INSPIRED BY NATURAL HISTORY

United Press International;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Art inspired by natural history NEW YORK, Apr 01, 2003 (United Press...A thousand years of art devoted to natural history is on display at the Morgan Library...inspired an 18th-century passion for natural history art that lasted until the invention...

Revamped Natural History Rockets Ahead in Visitors

The Washington Post;  May 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ......colleagues at the National Museum of Natural History have been packing in the visitors...and Space colossus opened in 1976, Natural History has attracted more traffic. In the...span, 2.8 million have gone through Natural History. Last month 1 million visitors walked...

Interim Chief Named At Natural History

The Washington Post;  June 6, 2002 ;     417 words ......the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, has been appointed interim director...also served as acting director of the Natural History Museum since last October. O'Connor...Fri, the last full-time director at Natural History, left last year out of frustration...

Smithsonian Museum Head Resigns Over Science Plans; Natural History's...

The Washington Post;  May 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ......director of the National Museum of Natural History, announced yesterday that he would...substantially affect the National Museum of Natural History," Fri said in a statement released...enthusiastically." Fri has run the Natural History Museum for five years, overseeing...

Netting Information About Fish Faster and Easier: Natural History Museum...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  August 17, 2001 ;     523 words ...Byline: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County LOS...In July, scientists at the Natural History Museum tied up a four-year project...Feeney, collections manager at the Natural History Museum. Eventually, we want to...