Conor Jameson's talk reveals how this unschooled, impoverished, battle-scarred immigrant came to be influential in the conservation movement
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Conor's talk reveals how this unschooled, impoverished, battle-scarred immigrant came to be so influential in the creation in the rise of the modern-day conservation movement - the 'only man in the room' who supported pioneer female campaigners in London, from the start.

Conor's talk links Hudson's life and legacy to today and compares then and now. It's a costume drama, with plenty of birds. Conor says: “For some years now I have been immersed in restoring Hudson, a name that recurs in the literature of natural history, though the man himself remains mysterious, and largely forgotten. Leafing through Hudson’s surviving letters has helped me build a picture of the man, his milieu, and his passions. One of these passions was London and its wildlife, one of the places that my life intersects with his, and I find it easiest to relate to his work."