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Displaying 121 - 130 of 4112 itemsMeeting: A Life with Otters
… Rosemary Green and her husband are internationally recognized for … contributions to the study of otters in the wild. She gave an enthralling lecture to the Dumfriesshire and Galloway … in a technical college, during which time her husband completed a Ph.D. in the study of otters. They were then …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 14
… The Gretna Green Marriages in the Legal Aspect Author: Herries, D.C. 10 Local Nature Notes Author: Birrell, A. 27 The Coming of Man to Scotland [Summary only] Author: Ritchie, J. 27 Notices of a …
Meeting: Natural and Manufactured Yarns
… Friday 26 January's talk was from local spinner, weaver and … British sheep breeds and other non-native varieties. Sheep come in an assortment of shapes and sizes and produce a …
… A large audience enjoyed the first talk of 2014, given to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The … the rights to extract peat. Attention was then drawn to the commercial development of the moss, commencing with work …
Biography: Morag Williams
… Morag Williams (1942-2020) Our Society suffered a significant … of Morag Williams in February 2020. A former President and Fellow of our Society, Morag Scott grew up in Mouswald … and remained there for the next 26 years! By 1989 she had become Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Archivist when, with …
… On 2 November 2018 the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquities Society welcomed Professor Sir Tom Devine OBE. Tom addressed a very …
… Published in November 2025 is King Arthur: Medieval British Literature and Modern Critical Tradition by Andrew Breeze. Priced at … of Britain’s history and early literature. It begins with a compelling demonstration of ‘King’ Arthur as no figure of …
Meeting: Life on the rocks
… Professor Stuart K. Monro OBE, DUniv, FRSE, Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth, was invited by Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society to … rocks with Silurian sediments below. Hutton was not a good communicator but Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology set …
… When Professor David Munro, MBE, stepped down as director of the Royal … which he has turned so far into 57 academic papers. And his work is likely to continue for many years yet. At … many contain, with the painstaking depiction of trees becoming increasingly common in the early nineteenth century. …
Meeting: Robert Burns in England
… Chris Rollie, RSPB Area Manager for Dumfries and Galloway and Robert Burns … into England. Coldstream Bridge now bears a plaque commemorating Burns' crossing. On Friday 18th May he rode …