VIRTUAL LECTURE (LIVE) | 'THE SPORTING, AFFECTIONATE, AND USEFUL COMPANION OF MY VOYAGES': Matthew Flinders and Trim with Gillian Dooley

Tuesday 28 Sep 2021, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

 

Join Gillian Dooley as she discusses Matthew Flinders and his beloved cat Trim in her lecture THE SPORTING, AFFECTIONATE, AND USEFUL COMPANION OF MY VOYAGES via ZOOM

 

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In 1809, while a prisoner of the French governor on Mauritius, Matthew Flinders wrote a short biography of his beloved cat, who had disappeared four years earlier. In this talk I will explore what Flinders’ Biographical Tribute to the Memory of Trim tells us about daily life on board a voyage of exploration, and what we discover about Flinders himself from his account of Trim’s short but eventful life.

Gillian Dooley is the co-editor of Matthew Flinders’ Private Journal (2005), and (with Philippa Sandall) of TRIM: The Cartographer’s Cat (2019), a new authoritative edition of Flinders’ Biographical Tribute. She also writes on authors including Jane Austen, Iris Murdoch, V S Naipaul and J M Coetzee. Dooley’s most recent lecture at TJC was 'A MOST LUXURIOUS STATE': Men and Music in Jane Austen's Novels.

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GILLIAN DOOLEY is the co-editor of Matthew Flinders’ Private Journal (2005), and (with Philippa Sandall) of TRIM: The Cartographer’s Cat (2019), a new authoritative edition of Flinders’ Biographical Tribute. She also writes on authors including Jane Austen, Iris Murdoch, V S Naipaul and J M Coetzee. Dooley’s most recent lecture at TJC was 'A MOST LUXURIOUS STATE': Men and Music in Jane Austen's Novels.

This lecture is supported with funds provided by The Colin Holden Charitable Trust

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