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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 5^th Oct 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 12^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Paul Barrett explores the life of 20th-century palaeontologist, Franz Baron Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvás. From October 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

Evelyn Cheesman

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 6^th Oct 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 13^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Beulah Garner explores the life of the pioneering entomologist, Evelyn Cheesman. From October 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

George Verrall

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Oct 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Erica McAllister explores the life of entomologist - and dipterist (fly expert), George Verrallis. From October 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

Sir Hans Sloane

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 28^th Sep 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 5^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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4 Extra Debut. Mark Spencer explores the life of the 17th-century collector of natural and cultural artefacts, Sir Hans Sloane. From 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

Dorothea Bate

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 30^th Sep 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 7^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Tori Herridge explores the life of pioneering Natural History Museum palaeontologist, Dorothea Bate. From 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

Allan Octavian Hume

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 1^st Oct 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 8^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Robert Prys Jones explores the life of pioneering ornithologist and botanist, Allan Octavian Hume. From 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

Alice Eastwood

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 2^nd Oct 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 9^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Sandy Knapp explores the life of pioneering American botanist, Alice Eastwood. From 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

Alfred Russel Wallace

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 8^th Oct 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 15^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Entomologist George Beccaloni explores the life of explorer and naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace. From October 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Oct 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 16^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Andrew Parker explores the life of 17th-century microscope pioneer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. From October 2015. Show more

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Natural History Heroes

Edward Tyson

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 29^th Sep 2015, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 6^th Nov 2019, 02:15 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Richard Sabin explores the life of the physician, scientist and 'father of comparative anatomy', Edward Tyson. From 2015. Show more

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