ABOUT

Hello, I’m Leah George Demetriou, FLS. I am a 23-year-old independent researcher based in London specialising in 19th-century Natural Science, focusing on Richard Owen, his museum work, and how his museological endeavours affected his scientific method. However, I am interested in various topics, such as antiques, medical history, anecdotal history (mostly surrounding Owen and his colleagues), daily 19th-century life and Museums of all kinds. 

I have always had an interest in animals and biology (Much to my parent's dismay when I, at 4, decided to dissect a piglet on the kitchen counter to see how the oesophagus worked!), which transitioned into training in taxidermy. Eventually, I became interested in the development of our understanding of biology and began to steer my sights to the history of  science, natural history museums and Richard Owen, whose complex body of work and personality I find fascinating. 

I use this blog as a catchall for anything I feel like writing about, primarily casual bits and bobs alongside my deeper research.

WORK 

ARTICLES

• "The Past and Present of the Natural History Museum in Postcards" for Picture Postcard Magic
  
  

• " 'Enormous Fossil Animal and Almost Perfect Skeleton' Bicentenary Re-enactment - Bedford st., 20 Feburary 2024' " for The History of Geology Group's members magazine GeoHistories 
  
  
•  "Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter of Lyme Regis" for Beachcombing Magazine issue 43
  
  
•    "Science and Satire, The Remarkable Cartoons of Richard Owen" for The Linnean Vol. 40

 

BLOG POSTS

• "Richard Owen, a visit to Selborne" for Gilbert White's House & Gardens

 

CONTACT

I can be contacted via email or on my Instagram. 

Email: Leahgeorgedemetriou@gmail.com

Instagram