Collecting Evolution: The 1905–06 Galápagos Expedition that Vindicated Charles Darwin
Our speaker this year is paleontologist Matthew J. James, PhD
What is Darwin Day? It is a science rush like no other, an annual celebration of scientific inquiry honoring the life and work of the great Charles Darwin (born February 12, 1809), and sponsored worldwide by community and educational groups. This will be Sacramento’s 19th annual Darwin Day event. For its very respectable history, visit the International Darwin Day Foundation, and learn.
Dr. James, our wonderful speaker, is Chair of the Department of Geology and Professor of Paleontology and Geology at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. He will entertain and inform us about the 1905–06 scientific collecting expedition to the Galápagos Islands conducted by the California Academy of Sciences. His presentation will include the history of the expedition’s two-masted schooner Academy (ex-Earnest), built in 1875 for the U.S. Coast Survey.
Dr. James grew up on Oʻahu and did his undergraduate work at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He is the recipient of the 2011 Karl Kortum Award for Maritime History for his work on the 1905–06 expedition. He has worked on Galápagos science, history, and conservation for 30 years, since first visiting the islands in 1982 on a paleontology expedition.
Click below for full announcement, which includes links to the online payment page and to the 2016 Sacramento Darwin Day Flyer.