SHNH Council is delighted to announce the medal winners for the Founders Medal and the John Thackray Medal for 2017. SHNH FOUNDERS’ MEDAL The SHNH Founders’ Medal 2017 has been awarded to Edward C. Dickinson for his substantial contribution to the study of the history and bibliography of natural history. In receiving the award Edward […]
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Programme The programme for Thursday 15th June will be opened by Professor Julie Mennell, Vice Chancellor, University of Cumbria and speakers will include Andrea Hart giving an overview on Women as Natural History Artists, drawing on the rich collections at the Natural History Museum in London, Charles Nelson on Katherine Sophie Baily: author of the Irish […]
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In receiving the award Tim said: For a number of different reasons, receiving the Founders’ Medal means a great deal to me. In the 1980s, a friend who knew of my ornithological interests asked me about some bird name she had come across in the local rector’s game book from the 1700s. They were: the […]
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SHNH Council thanks it retiring members of Council for their hard work on behalf of the Society: Ms Jo Hatton, Dr Sachiko Kusukawa, Dr Leucha Veneer and Professor Ray Williams and welcomes Mr Jack Ashby and Dr Clemency Fisher to Council following election at the Society’s AGM.
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Programme Friday 1st July Norwich Castle Museum opens at 10.00: Registrations, tea/coffee on arrival 10.30 – 12.30 Morning session: 10.30 – 11.00 Hugh Torrens William Smith in Norwich/Norfolk 11.10 – 11.40 Caroline Grigson: Sir Thomas Browne’s observations on animals 11.50 – 12.20 Tom Kennett: James Edward Smith Norwich Naturalist & founder of the Linnean Society […]
Read more Please contact the SHNH Meetings Secretary if you would like more information or wish to contribute to the programme. This will be a day meeting, held in the Town Close Auditorium, from approximately 10.00 – 17.00 (with the AGM likely to take place immediately after lunch). It is hope to be able to offer a […]
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A message from SHNH President, Professor Arthur MacGregor Never heard of him!” Don’t worry – you haven’t been asleep while I toiled my way through the ranks of the professional naturalists: if I mention that most of my career was spent at the Ashmolean Museum and that my last such appointment was as director of […]
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