16 Jan 2014: "Captain Fitz-Roy was willing to give up part of his own cabin to any young man who would volunteer to go with him without pay as naturalist to the Voyage of the Beagle" Darwin autobiography
He was the naturalist, then he wasn't, then he was. I learned that Darwin was the naturalist but only after the official naturalist quit (yup, quit). Now Darwin's account sounds like he was hired as the naturalist from the start. I have heard it suggested that Fitzroy wanted a companion that would complement the ships naturalist; a younger man that was trained as a naturalist.
Working on a National Science Foundation grant to do work on birds in Panama. The deadline is tomorrow and submitting at 10 AM. After that teaching ecology then lunch. Then home for a cigar and a small glass of whiskey. This grant would also transform Women Empowered By Science - increasing enrollment and allowing us to purchase 3D printers so young women can learn the basics of engineers, creating plastic birds that fly. This grant would also train Wilkes students to become physiologists AND conservation biologists.
16 Jan 2014: "Captain Fitz-Roy was willing to give up part of his own cabin to any young man who would volunteer to go with him without pay as naturalist to the Voyage of the Beagle" Darwin autobiography
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