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1. www.oum.ox.ac.uk › learning › htmlsRobert Plot - Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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   Robert Plot's Natural History of Oxfordshire, first published in 1677, contained descriptions and illustrations of a wide range of Oxfordshire fossils, rocks and minerals. It also included the first known illustration of a dinosaur bone, thought by Plot to be the bone of a giant.

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3. www.mhs.ox.ac.uk › robert-plot-1640-1696Robert Plot (1640-1696) - Museum of the History of Science

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   The horseman is Robert Plot perambulating England in order to record its curiosities of art and nature. Fascinated by antiquities and the past, intoxicated by the marvels

4. www.ogg.rocks › robert-plotNotable Local Geologists: Robert Plot - oxfordgeoscience

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   Robert Plot (1640-96) holds an honoured place in the story of science at Oxford. But Oxford geologists remember him best for his book on the natural history of the county. This was first published in 1676. A second rather enlarged edition appeared in 1705.

5. www.nhm.ac.uk › our-science › servicesRocks - Natural History Museum

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   The Museum rock collection contains approximately 123,000 sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks collected around the world during the past 250 years. These specimens help us better understand the evolution of our planet.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Richard_OwenRichard Owen - Wikipedia

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   The young Richard Owen Owen was the driving force behind the establishment, in 1881, of the British Museum (Natural History) in London. Owen became a surgeon's apprentice in 1820 and was appointed to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1826. [ 9 ]

7. museum.maidstone.gov.uk › natural-history-biologyNatural History & Biology | Collections - Maidstone Museum

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   Natural History & Biology. There are over 20,000 different species of plants and animals in Kent and Maidstone Museum’s vast collection reflects that local diversity.

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   What is Oxford University Museum of Natural History known for?

   • Oxford University Museum of Natural History holds an internationally-significant collection of natural history specimens and archives in a stunning example of neo-Gothic architecture. It is home to a lively programme of research, teaching and events focused on the sciences of the natural environment.

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   What did Robert Plot discover in the natural history of Oxfordshire?

   • Robert Plot's Natural History of Oxfordshire, first published in 1677, contained descriptions and illustrations of a wide range of Oxfordshire fossils, rocks and minerals. It also included the first known illustration of a dinosaur bone, thought by Plot to be the bone of a giant.

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   What is the Maidstone Museum Kent River Safari Gallery?

   • The Maidstone Museum Kent River Safari gallery, meanwhile, explores the habitats, plants, and animal species which make up our county’s unique natural heritage.

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   What is on display at the Museum of Natural History?

   • Natural history specimens from around the world are also represented; the museum has an especially fine collection of shells from the South Sea Islands, bird specimens gathered by the great local Victorian collector, Julius Brenchley in 1865, and more exotic specimens of spiders, stick insects, Goliath beetles, and Indian butterflies.

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   Was there a living elephant at the Act of 1676?

   • "There happily came to Oxford while I was writing of this, a living Elephant to be shown publickly at the ACT, An. 1676, with whose Bones . I compared ours; and found those of the Elephant not only of a different Shape, but also incomparably different to ours, though the Beast were very young and not half grown.

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9. www.oumnh.ox.ac.ukMuseum of Natural History homepage | Oxford University Museum ...

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