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SUMMARY:Rebuilding collections and reconstructing science: using materiali
 ty of the du Bois Herbarium to understand early modern botany - Madeline W
 hite (University of Oxford)
DTSTART:20221121T130000Z
DTEND:20221121T140000Z
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CONTACT:Silvia M. Marchiori
DESCRIPTION:The du Bois Herbarium\, a collection of nearly 14\,000 botanic
 al specimens pristinely preserved within the Oxford University Herbaria\, 
 is a unique relic of early 18th-century science. Compiled by English East 
 India Company treasurer Charles du Bois between 1680 and 1740\, the Herbar
 ium is closely tied to leading figures of 18th-century British botany\, me
 lding early British scientific and colonial histories into a single archiv
 e. Despite this rich potential\, the Herbarium has remained largely unexpl
 ored by scientists and historians alike. In her talk\, Madeline White will
  outline her work to reconstruct the Herbarium's original early modern org
 anisation\, and how these efforts help recast this scientific collection a
 s an historical archive. When examined closely\, she argues that it become
 s clear how Charles du Bois crafted a physical record of the systems of in
 tellectual and material exchange that characterized Britain's earliest bot
 anical and imperial endeavours.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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