WEA
THE RAYMOND FALLA MEMORIAL LECTURE
Raymond Falla OBE, the distinguished Guernseyman, was the first Honorary President of WEA Guernsey,
and we are pleased to arrange an annual lecture commemorating him.
The 2009
Memorial Lecture
GUERNSEY HEROES
OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY
will be presented by
Amanda
Bennett, Chief Librarian, Priaulx
Library
and
David Le
Conte, Chairman. WEA Guernsey
Thursday, 13th May 2010
8.00 p.m. at Les Côtils Centre
2010 marks the 350th
anniversary of the Royal Society, the UK’s scientific academy, election to
which is a high honour. This illustrated
talk will describe the lives and work of those Guernseymen who were Fellows of
the Royal Society. They cover a broad
base of subjects from astronomy to medicine, from geology to naval
inventions. These are men who made names
for themselves, not only within Guernsey, but in many cases both nationally and
internationally, and who brought credit to their Island. Several of them, such as Warren De La Rue,
Samuel Elliott Hoskins and John MacCulloch, were admired by their
contemporaries and are even now recognised historically as having made
significant contributions to scientific knowledge.
Amanda Bennett worked in the Guernsey Schools Library Service and the Guille-Allès
Library, before becoming Chief Librarian of the Priaulx Library in 2005. Her research interests include the history of
Guernsey newspapers, the subject of her dissertation for a Masters Degree in
Information and Library Studies.
David Le Conte has worked at astronomical observatories in the UK and USA, in the US
space programme, at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, and in
several areas of the Guernsey civil service, mainly environment and
heritage. He is a Past President of La
Société Guernesiaise, and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. His recent research interests include
astronomical history and prehistory.
This lecture is presented in association with:
The Friends of the Priaulx Library, and
No charge is made for this talk, but please enrol in the normal way
through the Enrolment Secretary
R O Falla, 1901-1991