Matthew Oates will be talking about ‘The Meaning of Butterflies: science, aesthetics, spirituality, poetics, relationship with place.’
RICHARD
JEFFERIES SOCIETY SPRING LECTURE
Saturday 27 April 2024, 2pm
Richard Jefferies Museum, Marlborough
Road, Coate, Swindon SN3 6AA
Matthew describes himself as ‘an English naturalist and nature writer, in love with the natural world, particularly with butterflies―especially the mighty Purple Emperor.’ Book titles include His Imperial Majesty, a natural history of the Purple Emperor (2020), In Pursuit of Butterflies (2015) and Beyond Spring (2017). He worked in nature conservation for some 40 years with the National Trust, the Nature Conservancy Council and Hampshire County Council, and retired in April 2018.
The talk was recorded on the Zoom link and is available to watch on Youtube.
