Dr Patricia Fara

Patricia Fara is a historian of science at the University of Cambridge. Her most recent book is Life After Gravity: Isaac Newton’s London Career (OUP, 2021)

Eleanor Glanville: butterfly collector. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of a woman with an insect net looking at some larger-than-life butterflies and moths.

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Eleanor Glanville: the butterfly collector