Guinea pig and 'Maltese mushroom' from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' Flor The City aldermen and Lord

The City aldermen and Lord Mayor John Garratt examining an enormous louse on the Mansion House state bed

Sir David Gill was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1883

the other looking upward at him and standing beside a bucket and staff

26th April 1969

Guinea pig and 'Maltese mushroom' from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' Flor The City aldermen and LordGuinea pig (Mus porcellus) from thesis LIX by Johanes Just. Nauman, 1754, and Fungus melitensis from thesis LXV on the 'Maltese mushroom' by Johanne Pfeiffer, 1755, published in volume 4 of Amoenitates academicae (Stockholm, 1759). Amoenitates academicae ('Academic delights', 10 volumes, 1749 1790) was published in Carl Linnaeus's name, and edited by him (vols 1 7) and J C D Schreber (vols 8 10). It consisted of theses presented and defended by