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Before Baird

history of science
Vida Milovanovic
01 April 2025
5 mins

The pioneering genius of Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton FRS can be seen in a recently catalogued archival collection of his personal and professional papers, as Vida Milovanovic reveals.

Enlightened letters

history of science
Rose Teanby
11 June 2024
5 mins

Rose Teanby looks at letters in the Royal Society archives highlighting Sir John Herschel’s influence on Anna Atkins, Julia Margaret Cameron and Mary Somerville.

Focus on Leeuwenhoek

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
10 September 2023
4 mins

Louisiane Ferlier describes how specimens sent to the Royal Society by Dutch scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek were photographed for our Science in the Making platform.

The Lady and the Leviathan

history of science
Virginia Mills
20 June 2023
7 mins

Virginia Mills celebrates Stereoscopy Day by telling the story of Lady Mary Rosse, the photographer behind some extraordinary images in the Royal Society’s archives.

Surayya Johar
14 June 2023
4 mins

Biology Letters caught up with some of our authors whose images made it onto our cover to find out what has happened since then.

Sandra Kemp
03 October 2022
4 mins

A new exhibition at the Royal Society places the work of art critic John Ruskin in the context of developments in science and photography, as curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.

Certified success

history of science
Jon Bushell
13 September 2021
5 mins

Jon Bushell explains how a project to re-photograph more than 5,800 Royal Society Election Certificates has resulted in a much-improved digital resource.

The roots of photography

history of science
Virginia Mills
26 July 2021
7 mins

Virginia Mills ventures out to Dulwich Picture Gallery to see their exhibition on the story of plant photography.

Snapping scientists

history of science
Ellen Embleton
06 April 2021
3 mins

Ellen Embleton highlights our collection of Admission Day photographs of Royal Society Fellows, and discovers how the practice began.

Sandra Santos
16 March 2021
3 mins

Sandra Santos celebrates the life and work of pioneering photographer Anna Atkins, born 222 years ago today.

Science decade

history of science
Katherine Marshall
09 March 2021
2 mins

Katherine Marshall introduces our new online exhibition, featuring portraits of scientists taken by renowned photographer Anne-Katrin Purkiss.

Fun with scientists

history of science
Keith Moore
31 August 2020
2 mins

Keith Moore looks through our collection of photographic portraiture and finds some images of scientists letting their hair down a little.