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in Swansea, Professor Dianne Edwards is a palaeobotanist who is
Research Professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Cardiff
University. As well as having received numerous academic awards
from all over the world, she is a Fellow of the Royal Society, has been
President of the Linnean Society and Palaeontological Association and
received a CBE for services to Botany. Her talk will show how discoveries from the study of fossil plants can tell us about the history of plant life on Earth and how it led to the emergence of the phenomenally diverse vegetation which surrounds us today. She will briefly indicate their roles in creating energy supplies and use as tools to elucidate past climates and in dating rocks. She has worked in Wales and the Welsh Borderland for over 50 years and will concentrate on the time when plants first proliferated on land – one of the most important events in Earth history – and how they impacted on the evolution of terrestrial animals, soils and even the composition of the atmosphere. The admission charge, to include post-lecture coffee and biscuits in the Oriel Suite, is £8 for tickets ordered by Friends in advance, and £10 at the door. To take advantage of the concessionary rate, please complete the slip below and send it with your cheque to: Janet Jones, Brayton, Llantwit Road, Creigiau, Cardiff CF15 9NN. Tel: 029 20890216. Email: janet.jones@friendsmuseumwales.org.uk |
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| Friends
of Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Why Study Fossil Plants? A talk by Professor Dianne Edwards 10.30am on Saturday 18th March 2017 in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, National Museum Cardiff Please reserve …….... place(s) for the above event. I enclose a cheque for £……..… (made out to the Friends of National Museum Wales). Name(s) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Address ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Postcode …………………. Tel ……………………… Email ……………………………………….. I confirm that I am a member of the Friends of NMW ………………………… |
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