SHNH Members are offered a guided tour by Geoff Hancock, Curator of the exhibition ‘This Unrivalled Collection: The Hunterian’s First Catalogue’ at Glasgow University. The displays cover the history of the Hunterian Museum as told through objects selected from Captain Laskey’s ‘General Account of the Hunterian, etc.’ (1813). William Hunter’s collection, a complete museum of […]
Read moreSaturday 18th May 2013 Collectors and Collections in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter Museum opens at 10.00: Registrations, tea/coffee on arrival 10.30 -10.55 Ron Cleevely: A brief re-appraisal of George Montagu’s contributions to Devon’s natural history 11.00 -11.25 Professor David Nichols: Percy Sladen: Echinoderm Collector. 11.30- 11.55 Dr Anne Secord: Mrs Griffiths and seaweed collectors […]
Read moreInstituted in 2000 to commemorate the life and work of John Thackray, Past President of SHNH, the John Thackray Medal is awarded for a significant achievement in the preceding three years in the history of those areas of interest to the Society, that is the biological and earth sciences in the broadest sense. Recognition may […]
Read moreSaturday 18th May 2013 SHNH Spring Meeting, Special General Meeting & AGM The Spring Meeting, Special General Meeting and AGM of the Society for the History of Natural History will be held at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen St, Exeter, Devon EX4 3RX RAMM cares for a wonderful and diverse collection consisting of over […]
Read moreJoint meeting of SHNH and the Linnean Society of London Friday 7th June, 10.30 – 18.00 University of Bournemouth, Talbot Campus, Walisdown Road, Bournemouth BH12 5BB This meeting is taking place in association with the University’s Festival of Learning. Talks on Alfred Russel Wallace on Friday 7th June will cover Wallace’s life and letters, collecting […]
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It is customary for any new president to introduce him/herself. First, I need to apologise that some of us, on the new SHNH Council, have had a very hard time recently (with bereavements and a very serious road traffic accident to deal with and we may not have been as responsive as people could wish. […]
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The new issue of Archives of natural history Volume 39.2 is now published online. Please see contents and abstracts available on the website. For convenience, the contents are also listed below. The complete set of Archives Volumes 1 – 39 are available to all SHNH members online. SHNH Members please note that you will need to […]
Read moreEdward Lear and the Scientists; a public display of rare and valuable books, drawings and lithographs, showcasing the fine zoological illustrations of Edward Lear, renowned for his nonsense poetry, including the famed The Owl and the Pussycat, has been unveiled. The Royal Society is celebrating the bicentenary year of Edward Lear (1812–1888) by exhibiting some of […]
Read moreThe Remarkable Nature of Edward Lear Speaker: Robert McCracken Peck at The Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BF on Thursday 27th September from 18:00 to 20:00 A joint meeting in the Rooms of the Linnean Society of London in association with the Society for the History of Natural History. This illustrated […]
Read moreCongratulations to Andrea Kennedy (University of Cambridge MPhil student 2011-12) for winning the William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize for 2012. This annual award is given by the Society for the History of Natural History (SHNH) for the best original unpublished essay in the field of history of natural history. Andrea’s winning entry was ‘The beauty of […]
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