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Sir William Henry Flower
(30 Nov 1831 - 1 Jul 1899)
English zoologist who 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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Science Quotes by Sir William Henry Flower (1)
[There is an] 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... Nothing detracts so much from the enjoyment ... from a visit to a museum as the overcrowding of the specimens exhibited.
— Sir William Henry Flower
Essays on Museums (1898), 33.
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Quotes by others about Sir William Henry Flower (1)
[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'.
Huxley: From Devil's Disciple To Evolution's High Priest (1997), 305.
