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SUMMARY:An Intimate History of Evolution - Alison Bashford
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DESCRIPTION:Join Alison Bashford FBA\, author of _An Intimate History of E
 volution_\, in conversation with Professor Sujit Sivasundaram. \n\nIn his 
 early twenties\, poor\, wracked with depression\, stranded in the Coral Se
 a on the seemingly endless survey mission of HMS Rattlesnake\, hopelessly 
 in love with the young Englishwoman Henrietta Heathorn\, Thomas Henry Huxl
 ey was a nobody. And yet together he and Henrietta would return to London 
 and go on to found one of the great intellectual and scientific dynasties 
 of their age.\n\nThe Huxley family through four generations profoundly sha
 ped how we see ourselves. In innumerable fields observing both nature and 
 culture\, they worked as scientists\, novelists\, mystics\, film-makers\, 
 poets and educators.\n\nAlison Bashford’s new book\, _An Intimate Histor
 y of Evolution_\, interweaves the Huxleys’ momentous public achievements
  with their private triumphs and tragedies.\n\nTheir speciality was evolut
 ion in all its forms – at the grandest level of species\, deep time\, th
 e Earth\, and at the most personal and intimate. They shaped great organiz
 ations – the Natural History Museum\, Imperial College\, the London Zoo\
 , UNESCO\, the World Wildlife Fund – and they shaped fundamentally how w
 e see ourselves\, as individuals and as a species\, one among many.\n\nJoi
 n us to hear from the author about this extraordinary family and learn how
  much we owe – for better or worse – to the unceasing curiosity\, self
 -absorption and enthusiasms of this small\, strange group of men and women
 .\n\nThe event will be followed by a drinks reception and a chance to purc
 hase the book. \n\nBook in-person and online tickets through our "Eventbri
 te page":https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-intimate-history-of-evolution-t
 ickets-395779857207.\n\n*About the speaker:*\n\nAlison Bashford FBA is Hon
 orary Fellow\, Jesus College\, Cambridge\, and currently Laureate Professo
 r of History at University of New South Wales. Previously she was Vere Har
 msworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History\, at the University of Cam
 bridge. \n\nShe is author of books on Malthus and world population\, on th
 e history of public health and quarantine\, and of eugenics. In 2021 she w
 as awarded the Dan David Laureate Prize for her work in the history of med
 icine.
LOCATION:Frankopan Hall\, West Court\, Jesus College\, Jesus Lane\, Cambri
 dge\, CB5 8BL 
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