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'Spider Man': the Virtuosity of Dr Martin Lister, an Early Royal Society Luminary
Anna Marie Roos, Wellcome Unit, Oxford University
Dr Martin Lister (1638-1712), vice-president of the Royal Society and court physician, is best known as England's first arachnologist and conchologist. This talk will also address some of his lesser-known discoveries, including his invention of the histogram and the stratigraphic map.