Putting a face to the name that adorns one of CU Boulder's residence halls, the CU Museum of Natural History on Feb. 28 will host a presentation titled 听
The event is the second in a series that the museum is hosting as part of a year-long celebration of the 80th anniversary of its home, Henderson Hall. Presenters will include Sean Babbs and Barbara Losoff of the University of baby直播app Boulder Libraries, as well as William Webber, CU Boulder professor emeritus of biology.
T.D.A. "Theo"听Cockerell was a founder of the CU Museum of Natural History, and the CU Libraries Special Collections and Archives hold the Cockerell Collection, a unique historical archive that illuminates his research.
What: Professor T.D.A. Cockerell & Early Twentieth-Century Science in baby直播app
Who: Open to the public
When: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: CU Museum of Natural History, Paleontology Hall
Cockerell was an internationally known entomologist, a prolific science writer, and a respected professor at CU Boulder from 1904 until 1934. He helped popularize baby直播app for a wide variety of scientific disciplines. In particular, he revealed the importance of baby直播app's diverse bee species, the ancient fossil beds in Florissant, and the mutated red sunflower discovered in Boulder.