| Hosted by | New Haven Museum |
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| Details | In the early 1800s, when the prevailing belief was that the earth was 6,000 years old and had been shaped by Noah’s flood, James Gates Percival showed that the traprock in the Connecticut valley was volcanic and far older. Author Kathleen Housley will present “Poet James Percival and the Geology of New England,” at the Pardee-Morris House on Sunday, June 9, 2024, at 2 p.m. For weather updates check FB/IG or call 203 – 562-4183. Free registration here: www.simpletix.com/e/poet-james-percival-and-the-geology-of-new-tickets-164826 Based on her book, “Stone Breaker: The Poet James Gates Percival and the Beginning of Geology in New England,” Housley’s lecture will offer an accessible biography of Percival, a true American polymath. Exploring the confluences of literature, art, and geology, she will reveal how one of most famous poets of the 1820’s became a renowned geologist with his groundbreaking “Report on the Geology of the State of Connecticut,” published in 1843. The presentation will include historic photographs and paintings of the Connecticut landscape. |
| Admission | Free |
| Location | The Pardee-Morris House |
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| More Info | info link |