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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please excuse cross-posting</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PRESS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Contact: Maggie Heran, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lloyd Library & Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>513-721-3707<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>mheran@lloydlibrary.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To read this full, illustrated press release online: <a href="http://www.lloydlibrary.org/news.html#jdhooker">http://www.lloydlibrary.org/news.html#jdhooker</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For Immediate Release—September 27, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lloyd Library and Museum (LLM) is pleased to announce:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Making of a Botanist: Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1817-1911<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>October 8 through December 30, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Opening reception and lecture—Saturday, October 8, 4–7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> This is the centenary celebration year of the death of Joseph Dalton Hooker, famed 19th century botanist and explorer of India and the Himalayas, son of William Jackson Hooker, friend and confidant of Charles Darwin, and Director of Kew Gardens in London. His contributions to botany are immense, especially in the area of rhododendron and orchid research, but in many other areas as well. On display will be a select sampling of the many resources held at LLM by Joseph Dalton Hooker and his father. In addition, the exhibit will demonstrate Hooker’s connections with other well-known 19th century naturalists, such as Darwin, Thomas Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Charles Lyell, all of whom he considered friends as well as colleagues. Together these resources reveal how and why Hooker became the great botanist that he was. Highlights of the exhibit include the first edition of Darwin’s On the origin of species by means of natural selection (1859), Victoria regia, or the Great Water-Lily of South America by William Jackson Hooker (1847), and The rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1849), of which the latter two contain stunning, over-sized examples of botanical illustration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> At the opening reception on Saturday, October 8 at 4:30 p.m., Gene Kritsky, noted author and professor at the College of Mount St. Joseph, will speak on the relationship between Charles Darwin and Hooker. Complementing the book collection, the LLM art gallery will display an eclectic exhibit by a variety of local and regional artists on the subjects of the natural history of India, the Himalayas, and the broader Asian region. >From orchids to orangutans and botanical illustration to sculptures to multi-media works, the art exhibit promises to be a unique experience. It will also run from October 8 through December 30, 2011.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Another related program will be offered at LLM on Wednesday evening, November 30, 2011, 7–9 p.m.—SAVE the DATE! Michael A. Flannery, Associate Director of Historic Collections, University of Alabama, Birmingham, and former Director of LLM, will discuss his new book Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life. Following the presentation, there will be a dessert and coffee reception. Together these autumn activities at LLM will provide a rather in-depth view of some of England’s greatest 19th century naturalists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Lloyd Library and Museum, located at 917 Plum Street, downtown Cincinnati, is a local and regional cultural treasure. The library was developed in the nineteenth century by the Lloyd brothers—John Uri, Curtis Gates, and Nelson Ashley to provide reference sources for Lloyd Brothers Pharmacists, Inc., one of the leading pharmaceutical companies of the period. Today the library is recognized worldwide by the scientific community as a vital research center. The library holds, acquires, and provides access to both historic and current materials on the subjects of pharmacy, botany, horticulture, herbal and alternative medicine, pharmacognosy, and related topics. Although our collections have a scientific focus, they also have relevance to humanities topics, such as visual arts and foreign languages through resources that feature botanical and natural history illustrations, original artworks, and travel literature, thereby revealing the convergence of science and art. The Lloyd is open to anyone with an interest in these topics. Free parking is available for patrons and visitors behind the library building. For more information, visit the Lloyd website at www.lloydlibrary.org.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lloyd Library and Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>917 Plum Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>513-721-3707<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.lloydlibrary.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Open the third Saturday of the month, September through May, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bringing Science, Art, and History to Life<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:#C0504D'>Anna K Heran<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Archivist/IT Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#006600'>Lloyd Library and Museum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>917 Plum Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cincinnati, OH 45202<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>513/721-3707<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>archivist@lloydlibrary.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#996633'>Bringing Science, Art, and History to Life/<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#996633'>Because the Past is the Path to the Future<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>