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26 Jun 2024: the study of natural philosophy”‘br / Wednesday 27 February: ‘Nature for the people: George Combe’s “Constitution of man”‘/p pADMISSION FREE/p pa

Along with the photographic project, Fisher was also documenting the different landscapes and people of the British empire through his paintings.

26 Jun 2024: Westerplattes’ defence inspired the Polish Army and people even as German advances continued elsewhere. ... Operation Pied Piper began on 1supst/sup September 1939 and officially relocated more than 3.5 million people.

Much of the script is devoted to umbrellas and the early role they played in lives of people in China, India, and Tibet.

When Arthur arrived, British Honduras was a small, remote frontier settlement populated by about thirty European families, a few companies of the West India Regiment, nearly 1,000 free people of

26 Jun 2024: history Royal Greenwich Observatory https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=10820 For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of ... justify;"For many people the work of the astronomers at

26 Jun 2024: Texts about animals especially show a concern for warding off unwanted bugs, worms, and rodents, all creatures that could potentially endanger people’s livelihood and health. ... f. 67v)./figcaption/figure pWhile these practices may seem a long way

26 Jun 2024: guest post is by a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/kate-falardeau" data-type="link" ... On the second day, people took turns pitching their initial ideas to the group as a whole – and then a mix-and-mingle /

26 Jun 2024: The Arctic explorers received invaluable assistance from the indigenous peoples of northern North America and Europe, who acted as guides, and taught them how to survive and travel in such a ... A traveler along the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Bering

The Archive, which continues to expand, contains minute books, financial records, printing ledgers, art work, author correspondence and photographs, all of which give evidence of the people and changing technologies of

Bowen served in India between 1943 and 1947, travelling widely. One of the treasures of the collection is an album of drawings in pencil and related media depicting India’s people,

26 Jun 2024: When Mary met Rev Charles, her determination to have her own Bible in Welsh profoundly impacted on him, and he wanted to help other people who – like Mary – longed for bibles ... On Saturday 19 March over 1,000 people came between 10:00am and 4:00pm

Many of the volumes on display are association copies with important dedications, but it is the books themselves that are evidence of the importance that the French people attached to publishing

list of fees paid to various people. ... Mainz. Gutenberg’s early books bore no dates or locations of printing (the first dated book is 1457) so for many years people tried to prove that Haarlem had got there

in 1684) after seeing too many young people in pubs and coffee houses. ... at this period) its contents were neglected by the local people for whom it had been established in favour of improved opportunities of learning and access to books.

to it in shape; the Xi people like its music; regarding its construction: the two strings are rubbed by a bamboo strip in between them and sounded in this manner; it ... is used amongst the common people to this day; not perhaps a process of employing

1860). Maps.c.18.H.116. Although it didn’t catch on in great numbers, this shows that now increasingly detailed and accurate mapping was more widely available, people were discovering ... It is a process that must have involved thousands of people with

The story of his downfall is soon told; his belief in the Divine Right of Kings and apparent Catholic sympathies led to unpopularity with the people and Parliament, the ultimate result ... Dr Juxon’s comment echoes the sense of martyrdom felt by the

26 Jun 2024: Bush-school-Petries-Creek-north-coastline-Queensland2.jpg 584w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" //afigcaptionBush school, Queensland, 1910, Y3085O_8/figcaption/figure/div pRecognising that people would be its greatest ... The pamphlets include

26 Jun 2024: The Arctic explorers received invaluable assistance from the indigenous peoples of northern North America and Europe, who acted as guides, and taught them how to survive and travel in such a ... A traveler along the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Bering

RCMS 371_5_424 Sakai hunters, Malaya, 1929. Hugh was an accomplished amateur photographer and artist, and the collection preserves over 800 photographs and postcards recording their travel and the people

Spring again showed his superiority. Some 20,000 people are said to have been present. . ... Such was his fame that his burial at Highgate Cemetery was attended by 10,000 people.

26 Jun 2024: The Arctic explorers received invaluable assistance from the indigenous peoples of northern North America and Europe, who acted as guides, and taught them how to survive and travel in such a ... A traveler along the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Bering

In the sixteenth century, the Spanish Dominican Bartolomé de Las Casas championed the human rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas: his Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies was

For many people, some of the most interesting, and visually appealing, material in the collection is the Irish language material.

26 Jun 2024: Bush-school-Petries-Creek-north-coastline-Queensland2.jpg 584w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" //afigcaptionBush school, Queensland, 1910, Y3085O_8/figcaption/figure/div pRecognising that people would be its greatest ... The pamphlets include

26 Jun 2024: Since paper was scarce, people often scribbed recipes down on the endleaves of books in their possession, as in the example at the head of this post (a ... By the eighteenth century there was a vast number of recipe books, which not only brought together

Before the days of the internet, television and widespread daily newspapers, how did people find out about acts of wrongdoing, and before reading for pleasure became a mass occupation how did

Biographical note by Nigel Grimshaw. Thomas Hobson is Cambridge’s most famous townsperson. Using sturdy wagons pulled by a large team of horses, he was a carrier of goods and people. ... Other people and cases in the court records. Thomas Hobson was

Earlier this month we held two briefing sessions about the Archive Management System project which were attended by 60 people from Colleges, Cambridge University Libraries and partner (and potential partner) organisations.

The first, pictured at the left, declares: ‘Christianity, like hypnotism, is used by imperialists on weak peoples, making them lose their souls without knowing it.’.

26 Jun 2024: guest post is by a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/kate-falardeau" data-type="link" ... On the second day, people took turns pitching their initial ideas to the group as a whole – and then a mix-and-mingle /

9] All these sources clearly demonstrate that there have been strong social and political ties between the Telugu- and Tamil-speaking communities and Malay-Indonesian people. ... 16] Commander Coopers was in contact with local people and rulers in Bijapur

These photographs capture steamships, railways and motor cars; city and market scenes; Kenya’s peoples, and the great beauty and diversity of its landscape and wildlife.

26 Jun 2024: Cambridge University Libraries staff involved in the project include,a href="https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research-institute/people/maciej-pawlikowski"Maciej Pawlikowski/a(Co-Investigator) anda ... lib.cam.ac.uk/research-institute/people/liam-sims"Liam

What is unique about this collection, however, are the day-to-day objects she collected; the metro maps, rationing coupons, bookmarks and envelopes which were used by the Russian people across

But in an effort to understand our constituencies better, exactly what are people asking about?

byAudio-visual recordings from RGO 86. For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of science fiction.

on a chain pulled by a horse, enabling people to cross from the city side of the river to Chesterton village.

26 Jun 2024: But I long for the physical. The collections of the UL were made by people, and are nothing without people.

26 Jun 2024: in a series of guest posts by UL researchers, a href="https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/graduates/Georgia.Thurston"Georgia Thurston/a (Faculty of English, University of Cambridge) shares ... The University Library’s collection of nineteenth-century

Approximately 1,100 more people were interned at this time. Although Britons comprised the great majority, the final roll call of internees from Aug.

26 Jun 2024: Cambridge University Libraries staff involved in the project include,a href="https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research-institute/people/maciej-pawlikowski"Maciej Pawlikowski/a(Co-Investigator) anda ... lib.cam.ac.uk/research-institute/people/liam-sims"Liam

Sir James had written the first few chapters. He was only 3 months old at the time of the Festival so people must have talked about it for years afterwards or

China’s history and the diversity and richness of its geography, languages, people and culture.

The Library’s current exhibition ‘Shelf Lives: Four Centuries of Collectors and their Books’ chooses to focus not on a particular subject but on the people themselves by whose generosity the

wounded: ‘On the grave of Major Tony Fitzwilliam-Hyde [sic] it says, “The people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits”.

26 Jun 2024: But in an effort to understand our constituencies better, exactly what are people asking about? ... a large volume,’ fast asleep!/p pHowever, I’ll draw to a closewith the following conclusion: some things never change./p pPeople will always be people,

26 Jun 2024: famous ‘Moore Bede’ manuscript, featured in the first episode of Michael Wood’s new BBC2 series a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00r12j3"emThe Great British Story: A ... The Moore Bede’ (MS Kk.5.16), is the second oldest surviving copy of

As a qualified architect, Court worked firstly in Ghana for a private firm building houses for people displaced as a result of the construction of Tema Harbour.