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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SHNH Founders’ Medal The Society is very pleased to announce that our prestigious Founders’ Medal will this year be awarded to Professor Geoff Moore, Emeritus Professor of Marine Biology at the University of London. Professor P. Geoffrey Moore (“Geoff”) Moore served as President of the Society for the History of Natural History from 2009 to […]
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For this meeting we have welcomed papers from across the field which speak to any aspects of the history of natural history. Speakers have been convened into sessions of related 20 minute papers with a shared session for questions at the end of each session. Please see the programme below. Programme 13 June 9:15 – […]
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Instituted in 2007 to commemorate the work of William T. Stearn (1911–2001), a scholar whose work contributed much to the field and to this Society, the prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished essay in the history of natural history. The competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students worldwide in full- or part-time […]
Read more Abstracts for 20-minute papers should be submitted to Dr Elle Larsson, Meetings Secretary at: meetings@shnh.org.uk. Please include a title, an abstract (up to 250 words) and a speaker biography (up to 100 words). The deadline for submission is 17 March 2023. Successful papers will be selected to cover a range of topics and on the […]
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For this symposium we have welcomed papers from across the field which speak to any aspects of the history of natural history. The speakers have been drawn from individuals registered for PhD programmes or within 3 years of being awarded their doctorate. Speakers have been convened into sessions of related 15-20 minute papers with a […]
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Helen Cowie, Victims of Fashion: Animal Commodities in Victorian Britain Cambridge University Press, 2021 In this innovative study, Helen Cowie examines the role of these animal-based commodities in Britain in the long nineteenth century and traces their rise and fall in popularity in response to changing tastes, availability, and ethical concerns. Henrietta McBurney, […]
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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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Roy and Lesley Adkins, When There Were Birds (Little, Brown, 2021) When There Were Birds is a social history of Britain that charts the complex connections between people and birds, set against a background of changes in the landscape and evolving tastes, beliefs and behaviour Kathleen Brosnan and James Akerman, Mapping Nature […]
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Mo Koundje (“Mok”): the life of a western lowland gorilla (c.1929–1938) Rebecca Machin 49(1), pp. 1–11 Abstract | Full Text | References | PDF/EPUB A bonnacon’s defensive tactics in medieval natural history John Block Friedman 49(1), pp. 12–26 Abstract | Full Text | References | PDF/EPUB Edward Morgan (c.1619–c.1689) and his hortus siccus: an early […]
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