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Writing tagged: ‘barnacles’

Newsletter No. 3: ‘Knee-deep in barnacles’

Balanus crenatus
Fossil Balanus crenatus barnacles (labelled by Darwin). Natural History Museum.

Our third newsletter marks Charles Darwin’s 210th birthday.

Published 12-Feb-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alice roberts, barnacles, bicentennial oak, charles darwin, conrad martens, darwin's illness, joseph dalton hooker, stamps

The great Darwin fossil hunt

Fossil barnacles
Darwin's (and others') fossil barnacles. Natural History Museum.

In which a friend beyond measure arranges a behind-the-scenes visit to the Natural History Museum to see fossils collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle voyage.

Published 17-Jun-2015
Filed under: Articles Tags: barnacles, beagle voyage, brachiopods, falkland islands, fossils, molluscs, natural history museum, stense

To the editor of the London Review of Books

Regarding their false claim that someone other than Darwin 'wrote the definitive work on barnacles'.

Published 18-Oct-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: barnacles, charles darwin, heron-allen, lrb

44 not out

It's my 44th birthday.

Published 02-Apr-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: barnacles, beagle project, birthdays, darwin correspondence, personal

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