History of Palaeobotany: an Introduction, A J Bowden, C V Burek and R Wilding • The Beginnings • From the rise of the Enlightenment to the beginnings of Romanticism, R Wilding • The Moravian Minister Rev. Henry Steinhauer (1782-1818); his work on fossil plants, their first 'scientific' description and the planned Mineral Botany, H S Torrens • The early 19th century• John Lindley, the reluctant palaeobotanist, W G Chaloner and H L Pearson • Illustrations and illustrations during the 'Golden Age' of palaeobotany: 1800-1840, C J Cleal, M Lazarus and A Townsend • The later 19th century and into the 20th century • Hugh Miller: introducing palaeobotany to a wider audience, L I Anderson • Baron Achille de Zigno: an Italian palaeobotanist of the 19th century, H L Pearson • The palaeobotanical beginnings of geological conservation: with case studies from the USA, Canada and Great Britain, B A Thomas • Palaeobotanical studies and collecting in the 19th century with particular reference to the Ravenhead Collection and Henry Hugh Higgins, W Simkiss and A J Bowden • The palaeobotanical work of Marie Stopes, W G Chaloner • James Lomax (1857-1934): palaeobotanical catalyst or hindrance? A C Howell • D.H. Scott and A.C Seward: modern pioneers in the structure and architecture of fossil plants, R Wilding • Arthur Raistrick: Britain's premier palynologist, J E A Marshall • The life and work of Emily Dix (1904-1972), C V Burek and C J Cleal • The fate of three university schools of palaeobotany/palynology • The 'other' Glasgow Boys: the rise and fall of a school of palaeobotany, J J Liston and H L Sanders • One hundred and fifty years of Palaeobotany at Manchester University, J Watson • Half a century of palynology at the University of Sheffield, C H Wellman • From other continents • The history of palaeobotany in Argentina during the 19th century, E G Ottone • The rise of Chinese palaeobotany emphasizing the global context, Q G Sun •