Bringing order to the Natural World - talk by Dr Michael Jones

Our first talk of the autumn explores the life and achievements of the Swedish scientist who has been described as the ‘father of taxonomy’ and the ‘prince of botanists’.

It is said that more has been written about Linnaeus than any other scientist with the exception of Charles Darwin. Why? The talk will attempt to answer this question.

Dr Michael Jones has worked in education, both here in the UK and in Africa, but is now retired from full-time employment as Head of Science at Newman University, Birmingham. He is an enthusiastic botanist with a particular interest in parasitic plants. His PhD was on the parasitic genus of flowering plants, the Orobanche. 

Plant Sales, Raffle (donations much appreciated) and refreshments after the talk.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO BROADCAST THIS TALK VIA ZOOM