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Sir William Henry
Flower
(30 Nov 1831 - 1 Jul 1899)
Sir William Henry Flower was
director of Natural History Departments of the British Museum of
Natural History (1884-98). Flower's innovations in museum displays
greatly improved their educational value to the public. Flower was a
convinced Darwinian, and a sound research worker in zoology.
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Flower decried the overcrowding
and improper placement of works of art in unsuitable settings because
of “the immense advantage to be gained by ample space and appropriate
surroundings in aiding the formation of a just idea of the beauty and
interest of each specimen...”
— William Henry Flower
(1898)
as quoted inEssays on Museums (Routledge: London, 1996), p. 33. Reprint of 1898 edition.
as quoted inEssays on Museums (Routledge: London, 1996), p. 33. Reprint of 1898 edition.
“[William Henry] Flower [the
Anglican] too praised evolution as a cleansing solvent, dissolving the
dross which had 'encrusted' Christianity 'in the days of ignorance and
superstition'.”
— Adrian Desmond
describing W.H. Flower in
Huxley (Perseus Books, 1997), p.305.
Huxley (Perseus Books, 1997), p.305.
