Message from the President August 2010

Council had a good meeting on 29th July, at which we welcomed four new councillors – Professor John Edgington, Ms Miranda Lowe, Dr Isabelle Charmantier and Mr Julian Wilson.  In order to obtain a new, and younger, perspective on the business of recruitment and retention of members to the Society, Julian, Isabelle and Miranda were […]

The exhibition ‘Colourful Encounters: Toucans and other Ecuadorian Birds’ by John Gould has opened at Henry Southeran Ltd, London until 30th July.

Sir David Attenborough OM CH FRS unanimously elected as first Patron of the Society for the History of Natural History

Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM CH FRS was unanimously elected as the first Patron of the Society for the History of Natural History at the Annual General Meeting held in Torquay on 15 May 2010. In speaking of his new role Sir David wrote, "The subject is one that greatly interests me and I hope […]

Report on SHNH Spring meeting: Bicentenary of Henry Gosse, 1810-1888 Torquay Museum, 14-15 May 2010

The Torquay Museum, near Gosse’s home in Marychurch,  in the later years of his life, was the venue for the 2010 Spring meeting and AGM, and welcomed 36 delegates to their Pengelly Hall for two days in a somewhat unseasonably cool May. The keynote speaker, Ann Thwaite, author of Glimpses of the Wonderful, the life […]

“Explore 500 years of world history” is on at the the Maughan Library, Kings College London

The exhibition, Explore 500 years of world history, runs from Tuesday 27 April to Saturday 31 July 2010. The exhibition takes place in the Weston Room, Maughan Library & Information Services Centre, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1LR, and is open 09.30-17.00, Monday to Saturday.   The transfer to King’s in 2007 of the historical library […]

Final Programme for SHNH Spring Meeting on Philip Henry Gosse Bicentenary Celebration

Spring Meeting and SGM/AGM Philip Henry Gosse Bicentenary Celebration: Celebrating the life and work of Philip Henry Gosse Friday and Saturday 14 and 15 May 2010 Torquay Museum, 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HG, UK Friday 14 May 2010 10.00   Registration and refreshments (tea and coffee on arrival) 10.30   Welcome and safety announcements etc. 10.35   […]

SHNH Spring Meeting 2010 on “Commemorating the bicentenary of the birth of Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888)”

The 2010 Spring Meeting and AGM will be held at the Torquay Museum, on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th May 2010, with the AGM taking place on Saturday. The Torquay Museum was funded in 1844 by the Torquay Natural History Society, renamed the Torquay Museum Society in 2003. is located at 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay […]

Birds, books and business: the life of Victorian ornithologist Henry Dresser. Manchester Museum SHOWCASE lecture on Wednesday 28th April at 15.00.

You are warmly invited to the Manchester Museum SHOWCASE lecture on Wednesday 28th April at 15.00. Henry McGhie, Head of Natural Environments and Curator of Zoology, the Manchester Museum. 3-4pm: Kanaris Lecture Theatre 4-4.30pm: discussion, tea & coffee Museums are filled with collections that were built up through the private passions of many people. Understanding […]

SHNH visit to Mrs Delany exhibition

SHNH members enjoyed a special visit to the Mrs Delany and her Circle exhibit at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London.  Led by Gina Douglas, Meetings Secretary, members viewed the exquisite embroidery, botanical collages, drawings and garden designs of Mary Delany who was at the centre of artistic, literary, fashionable and political life in 18th […]