2026 John Dwyer Lecture in Biology: Citrus: A World History with Dr. David Mabberley
From the ancient world to the breakfast table, citrus fruits have flavored, scented, healed, and colored our world for centuries. Join botanist, educator and writer Dr. David Mabberley, as he discusses the role of these extraordinary fruits in culture and signs his new book Citrus: A World History. Dr. Mabberley, the author of 27 books on botany and ecology, is globally renowned as the author of Mabberley's Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses.
The annual Lecture honors the memory of John Dwyer, Ph.D., a professor of biology at Saint Louis University and a research associate of the Missouri Botanical Garden. The office of the President at the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Department of Biology at Saint Louis University are proud to honor this memory by bringing inspiring scientists to a public audience in St. Louis.
This presentation is free and open to the public.
The annual Lecture honors the memory of John Dwyer, Ph.D., a professor of biology at Saint Louis University and a research associate of the Missouri Botanical Garden. The office of the President at the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Department of Biology at Saint Louis University are proud to honor this memory by bringing inspiring scientists to a public audience in St. Louis.
This presentation is free and open to the public.