Tutor information
Caroline Cornish
Dr Caroline Cornish is Humanities Research Coordinator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her research interests include history of science, of empire and colonialism, of botanic gardens, museums, and collections. Her PhD thesis, ‘Curating Science in an Age of Empire’, was a history of Kew’s Museum of Economic Botany and she has published widely on aspects of Kew’s history, particularly in relation to the history of economic botany in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Courses
An exploration of the important and sometimes discomforting roles played by botanical gardens over the centuries. A study weekend in Oxford in partnership with the Gardens Trust.