In his short life Francis Willughby immersed himself in the study of natural history yet he has been overshadowed by more famous peers. In a talk on...
![](https://www.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cam.ac.uk/files/styles/content-580x288/public/news/research/news/130429-small-owl-wren-library.jpg?itok=lhKSrFNh "Detail from "The ornithology of Francis Willughby .... (London, 1678)". , Credit: Trinity College Library (Q.13.16) by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College Cambridge.")