SHNH Early Career Researcher Symposium showcasing research into Natural History. Thursday 20 February 2025 online 10.55-17.15 GMT The Society for the History of Natural History is a diverse community of people united by an active interest in the study of natural history through time, believing that a greater awareness of how nature has been considered, […]
Read more The Society for the History of Natural History is a diverse community of people united by an active interest in the study of natural history through time, believing that a greater awareness of how nature has been considered, documented, valued and exploited by societies and individuals worldwide leads to a deeper understanding and celebration of nature. […]
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SHNH Founders’ Medal The Society is very pleased to announce that our prestigious Founders’ Medal will this year be awarded to Professor Kristin Johnson, Professor and Director of Science, Technology, Health and Society at the University of Puget Sound, Washington, USA. Kristin Johnson has contributed enormously to the history of natural history and the naturalist […]
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Day One 9:15 Arrival and Registration 9:30 Panel 1 Colour charts for naturalists – A brief history Leslie K. Overstreet, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Recording colour in horticulture: The origin and development of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Colour Chart John David, RHS Garden Wisley “The tints of a geological map speak to the mind […]
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The competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students worldwide in full- or part-time education, and to postdoctoral students within two years of the award of their doctorate. It is not limited to members of SHNH. The winner will receive £300 and the winning essay will normally be published in the Society’s journal Archives of […]
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We welcome papers that explore (but are not restricted to) the following topics and their relation to the role of colour in natural history: The use of colour in systems of classification Taxonomies of colour Producing and preserving colour Production of natural history illustrations The contributions of artists and illustrators Relationships between naturalists and natural […]
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Christine E. Jackson, A Newsworthy Naturalist: The Life of William Yarrell John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd. 2021. William Yarrell (1784–1856), was an influential naturalist at a time when natural history was becoming an important factor in 19th century society. He wrote two important books: A History of British Fishes and A History of British Birds, still being quoted as […]
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The Society for the History of Natural History is a diverse community of people united by an active interest in the study of natural history through time, believing that a greater awareness of how nature has been considered, documented, valued and exploited by societies and individuals worldwide leads to a deeper understanding and celebration of […]
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The prize was instituted in 2007 to commemorate the work of Professor William T. Stearn CBE FLS VMH (1911–2001), a scholar whose work contributed much to the field and to this Society. The competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students worldwide in full- or part-time education, and to postdoctoral students within two years of […]
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Alan Brooke: Nature’s Missionary, Seth Lister Mosley, Naturalist, Museum Curator and Mystic, 1848-1929. Huddersfield: Huddersfield Local History Society. ISBN: 9780992984151 Seth Lister Mosley is an influential and until now underexplored figure in British social and cultural history. He made important contributions to museology, to the popularisation of science and science education, and to the study […]
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