Micropalaeontological Heroes
| Organised by: | Micropalaeontological Society | |||
| Main Geological Society events |
| Date: | 7 November 2007 |
| Event Type: | AGM/OGM/SGM, Local Heroes Event |
| Venue: | University College London |
The 2007 Annual General Meeting of The Micropalaeontological Society will form a contribution to the bicentennial celebrations of the Geological Society. Held in association with the Geological Society, this meeting will focus on ‘Micropalaeontological Heroes’ – worthies who helped found the discipline of micropalaeontology, the scientific contributions that they made and the relevance of their discoveries for current research.
Meeting convener: Dr Andrew Henderson (Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London). Telephone: 020 7942 5684
Prof Michal Kucera (University of Tübingen), Secretary of The Micropalaeontological Society.
Visit the website for full details: www.tmsoc.org/meetings.htm
- Dr David J. Horne - Ostracods, evolution and religion: George Stewardson Brady (1832-1921) and his scientific collaborators
- Dr Robert Wynn Jones - Henry Bowman Brady, Hero of Foraminiferology: The Man, the Scientist and the Scientific Legacy
- Prof. Simon J. Knell - The contentious vertebrate: Christian Pander and the conodont in the nineteenth century.
- Prof. John Marshall - Arthur Raistrick, Dalesman of the Millennium and palynologist
- Dr Jeremy Young - The slow discovery of coccolithophores, from Ehrenberg to Lohmann via Sorby Wallich and Huxley - heroes and anti-heroes?
Meeting convener: Dr Andrew Henderson (Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London). Telephone: 020 7942 5684
Prof Michal Kucera (University of Tübingen), Secretary of The Micropalaeontological Society.
Visit the website for full details: www.tmsoc.org/meetings.htm