
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @hpsleeds. Fellow @DarwinCollege, formerly @theUL and Cambridge HPS. History of the life sciences and communication.
Cambridge, England
Joined May 2012
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It is now possible to pre-order!
upittpress.org/books/9780822…
My book now has a cover! Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1780-1820. To be published with @upittpress on 18 March 2025 (USA) 13 May 2025 (Worldwide)
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Delighted to have spoken for the @EnglishHeritage podcast with Sabrina Villani on 'A History of Natural History' covering Darwin, Down House and the emergence of natural history in Britain: open.spotify.com/episode/744…
Delighted to have spoken for the @EnglishHeritage podcast with Sabrina Villani on 'A History of Natural History' covering Darwin, Down House and the emergence of natural history in Britain: open.spotify.com/episode/744…
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Very pleased to be speaking on this topic on Wednesday. Do come along if you are in Cambridge!
Dr Edwin Rose will talk on 'A Surplus in the Sciences? Printing, Publishing and Distributing Cambridge's First Scientific Journal, 1821–1928'.
Wed 6th May at 5.30pm in the Friends of Peterhouse Seminar Room, Peterhouse.
Please email the Secretary to attend: [email protected]
Very pleased to be speaking on this topic on Wednesday. Do come along if you are in Cambridge!
Dr Edwin Rose will talk on 'A Surplus in the Sciences? Printing, Publishing and Distributing Cambridge's First Scientific Journal, 1821–1928'.
Wed 6th May at 5.30pm in the Friends of Peterhouse Seminar Room, Peterhouse.
Please email the Secretary to attend: [email protected]
Edwin Rose retweeted
Dr Edwin Rose will talk on 'A Surplus in the Sciences? Printing, Publishing and Distributing Cambridge's First Scientific Journal, 1821–1928'.
Wed 6th May at 5.30pm in the Friends of Peterhouse Seminar Room, Peterhouse.
Please email the Secretary to attend: [email protected]
Really looking forward to giving this talk later today at the Linnean Society, do come along if you are free!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/decoding-…
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Delighted to see a wonderful article on the outputs of one of my most recent projects 'Naming Species in the South Pacific' by @DonnaLFerguson in @SmithsonianMag. With thanks to our collaborators @NHM_London Library and Archives:
smithsonianmag.com/history/n…
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Long-overlooked documents housed at London’s Natural History Museum testify to the exchange of information between 18th-century European botanists and their Indigenous counterparts. bit.ly/4qNda3i
Delighted to see a wonderful article on the outputs of one of my most recent projects 'Naming Species in the South Pacific' by @DonnaLFerguson in @SmithsonianMag. With thanks to our collaborators @NHM_London Library and Archives:
smithsonianmag.com/history/n…
Delighted to see this citation of my recent research on BBC Lincolnshire! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg43… @hpsleeds @NHM_Library
Edwin Rose retweeted
Celebrating 200 years since John Stevens Henslow became Professor of Botany at Cambridge.
It's almost 200 years to the day since Henslow took an oath before the Vice Chancellor as 'King's Reader in Botany' on 10 Oct 1825.
Find out more about his legacy: tinyurl.com/4stzwhz9
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Our latest blog features a recent acquisition: a Parisian journal, in medieval style, inspired by the 1900 Paris Exposition. Read all about it here: specialcollections-blog.lib.…
Delighted to see my recent article on the life of Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), third professor of botany at Cambridge, in print! @CUBotanicGarden @theUL @CUHerb @SidneySussex
euppublishing.com/doi/10.336…
Looking forward to speaking at the Chau Chak Wing Museum @ccwm_sydney on Thursday - do come along if you are around! sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-o…
Edwin Rose retweeted
📚 Author Talk: Reading the World: Natural History, 1760–1820
Sun 20 July, 3 – 4pm
Join historian Edwin D. Rose talking about his new work exploring the role of natural history in shaping global knowledge during the age of empire.
Book now eventbrite.com.au/e/book-lau…?
#BotanyBay
Looking forward to speaking about my book for the Auckland Botanical Society this evening! Do feel free to come along if you are around.
Edwin Rose retweeted
Looking forward to speaking at Singapore Botanic Gardens on 24th June! Do come along if you are around. nparks.gov.sg/sbg/whats-happ… @KinoSingapore
Looking forward to speaking at Singapore Botanic Gardens on 24th June! Do come along if you are around. nparks.gov.sg/sbg/whats-happ… @KinoSingapore
Just a few days left to see this!
Exhibition: Curious Minds: Thomas Pennant & Gilbert White
Our exhibition is itself the product of a collaboration between the #AHRC-funded Curious Travellers Project, the @NHM_London and Gilbert White’s House and Garden.
Dates: 8th April to 22nd June 2025

















