Richard Carter, FCD 🪲🇺🇦 · @richardcarter
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When publishers send you review copies of books you’d happily have bought yourself. #Linnaeus: the official specimen of the species Homo sapiens! #Taxonomy #Science #Evolution #AmReading
#linnaeus #taxonomy #science #evolution #amreading
Boardda Mihkkal · @mbergnordlie
558 followers · 1635 posts · Server samenet.socialAn #Indigenous #Sámi ritual drum is delivered back from a German museum to Sápmi. The drum was stolen by missionaries in 1723. In 1732 #Linnaeus described a #Norwegian method to steal drums from Sámi:
""...he asks the Lapp [outdated: Sámi] to give up the drum, but the Lapp refuses (...) he then grabs his arm, slips up his sleeve, and before the Lapp can see opens up his vein. The Lapp begins to beg for his life and says he'll give up the drum. The arm is then bound up."
https://saemiensijte.no/gievrie-tromme-tilbakefores-fra-meiningen-museum-i-tyskland/
#indigenous #sami #linnaeus #norwegian
💚🌲💙⭐⭐Romulus / Keith 🌹🍺✌⚽ · @ssfckdt
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Laxman Society · @ErikLaxman
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Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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#January 21, 1837
#OTD Robert John Thornton, English #Doctor, #Botanist & #Writer, died.
He dedicated his #Book, The Temple of #Flora, to his idol Carl #Linnaeus.
Robert planned to feature 70 exotic #Plants in their habitats, but he ran out of money. Even unfinished w/ 28 plants, the work is stunning.
The most famous engraving is the night-blooming #Cereus. The #Bloom takes up most of the scene w/ the ruins of a castle in the background. The #Flower is known as "The Queen of the Night."
#january #otd #doctor #botanist #writer #book #flora #linnaeus #plants #cereus #bloom #flower
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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#January 2, 1735
#OTD Carl #Linnaeus, the Father of Taxonomy, visits Sara Lisa #Morraea, in full #Lapp #Costume.
By the end of January, his friends bet #Bottles of #Wine that a #Baptism was in Carl's future - though #Babies would have to wait.
Sara Lisa's #Docter #Father told Carl to get established before the #Marriage. He did. Carl & Sara Lisa married in the summer of 1739.
14 years later, Linnaeus' #Masterpiece #SpeciesPlantarum changed #Plant #Taxonomy #Forever.
#january #otd #linnaeus #morraea #lapp #costume #bottles #wine #baptism #babies #docter #father #marriage #masterpiece #speciesplantarum #plant #taxonomy #Forever #history #gardening
Boardda Mihkkal · @mbergnordlie
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Pics from aagenielsen.dk, a website for historical #boardgames, where #Sámi Tablut is one of the games that can be played.
Board and piece design by me, based on drawings by #Linnaeus of a traditional Sámi #Tablut set.
#boardgames #sami #linnaeus #tablut #historicalboardgames #oldboardgames #traditionalgames
Boardda Mihkkal · @mbergnordlie
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DUJGU!
The rules for the Sámi #tafl game Tablut were written down by Carl #Linnaeus in 1732, who learned to play it on a board embroidered on reindeer hide with pieces made in traditional Sámi #boardgame #duodji style.
Among the Lule #Sámi words he wrote down, "tuichu" (dujgu) is somewhat mysterious as its literal meaning is uncertain. "Dujgu" was said when a player positioned their King so that it had not just one but two open paths to escape the board, winning.
#tafl #linnaeus #boardgame #duodji #sami #indigenousgames
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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#December 12, 1702
#OTD Olaus #Rudbeck, #Swedish #Botanist, died.
The year he died, his #Town, Upsala, had a terrible #Fire. His #Home & #Private #Collections burned as he helped #Save the #University #Library.
28 years later, Carl #Linnaeus named the #Rudbeckia, or #BlackEyedSusan, after his old #Professor. Linneaus wrote,
"So long as the #Earth [survives] and each #Spring [is] covered with #Flowers, the Rudbeckia will preserve your #Glorious name."
#December #otd #rudbeck #swedish #botanist #town #fire #home #private #collections #save #University #library #linnaeus #rudbeckia #blackeyedsusan #Professor #earth #spring #flowers #glorious #garden #flower
Laxman Society · @ErikLaxman
13 followers · 34 posts · Server saimaa.siteDracocephalum altaiense Laxm., Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 15: 556 (1770).
Dracocephalum grandiflorum (FI ampiaisyrtti) was one of the species that Laxman found in Siberia. #Linnaeus hastened to describe the species before Laxman published it in St. Petersburg in 1770.
https://species.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dracocephalum_grandiflorum
Laxman Society · @ErikLaxman
11 followers · 26 posts · Server saimaa.site11 February 1764 in Moscow on his way to his post in Barnaul, Erik Laxman wrote a letter to Carl #Linnaeus. This changed the course of his life. This is the original letter. https://linnean-online.org/777772041/#?s=0&cv=0&z=-0.0269%2C-0.0845%2C1.1111%2C1.0443
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
403 followers · 278 posts · Server mindly.social
#December 2, 1759
#OTD James Edward Smith, #English #Botanist, is born.
In 1784, after Carl #Linnaeus died, James bought his collection.
When the #King of #Sweden found out, he tried intercepting the ship before it reached #London. But he was too late.
James founded the Linnean Society, & served as its first President. The society became a #Hub for #Scientific #Progress.
The #Linnean #Society is the oldest #Biological society in the world.
#December #otd #english #botanist #linnaeus #king #sweden #london #hub #scientific #progress #linnean #society #biological #gardening #garden #gardener #gardenersofmastodon