Lisbet Rausing
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Dr Lisbet Rausing, born 1960, is a Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. She holds honorary doctorates from Uppsala University
, Imperial College and SOAS
, and is a fellow of the Linnean Society, the Royal Historical Society
and the British Academy
. She was educated at the UC, Berkeley and Harvard, where she also taught for eight years. She is the author of Linnaeus: Nature and Nation (Harvard, 1999) as well as numerous scholarly articles.
Lisbet Rausing founded the Arcadia Fund in 2001. As of 2008, the Fund had made grant commitments of over $181 million to preserve endangered treasures of culture and nature.
She is a Vice President of conservation charity Fauna & Flora International.
She also serves on other boards and committees including the Harvard Board of Overseers
, and Yad Hanadiv
.
Uppsala University
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
, Imperial College and SOAS
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
, and is a fellow of the Linnean Society, the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
and the British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
. She was educated at the UC, Berkeley and Harvard, where she also taught for eight years. She is the author of Linnaeus: Nature and Nation (Harvard, 1999) as well as numerous scholarly articles.
Lisbet Rausing founded the Arcadia Fund in 2001. As of 2008, the Fund had made grant commitments of over $181 million to preserve endangered treasures of culture and nature.
She is a Vice President of conservation charity Fauna & Flora International.
She also serves on other boards and committees including the Harvard Board of Overseers
Harvard Board of Overseers
The Harvard Board of Overseers is one of Harvard University's two governing boards...
, and Yad Hanadiv
Yad Hanadiv
Yad Hanadiv is a Rothschild family philanthropic Foundation in Israel. Currently, Yad Hanadiv operates in five fields: Education, Environment, Academic Excellence, Civil Society and Arab Community...
.