SHNH e-newsletter (4) January 2024

A message from Gina Douglas, President, Society for the History of Natural History Dear Members, We are pleased to announce that nominations for two of the Society’s most prestigious awards – the Founders’ Medal and the President’s Award – are open for your nominations. Please do forward your recommendations for these awards to Will Beharrell, […]

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SHNH e-newsletter (3) November 2023

EVENTS Plans for meetings next year are shaping up with an in person summer meeting and an online AGM. We will be forwarding more details in the New Year. Visits for small groups are also being arranged. Two lovely recent visits enjoyed by members were to see the library and archives of the Zoological Society […]

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SHNH e-newsletter (2) July 2023

Summer meeting and AGM, 13 June 2023 It seems impossible that it was a month ago that we convened at ThinkTank, Birmingham Science Museum for our Summer Meeting ‘The Language of Nature’ and Annual General Meeting for 2023. What a time we had! Not only did we hear from twelve fantastic speakers on their current […]

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SHNH e-newsletter (1) November 2022

In this issue: Welcome to Dr Anne Secord, Editor for Archives of Natural History, titles shortlisted for the SHNH Natural History Book Award (Thackray Medal), future meetings in 2023, and Membership news

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SHNH NL 118 November 2020

In this issue:  Our new award ‘The President’s Award’, 2021 Awards open, news from Archives of Natural History, and notes on James Petiver, an Irish library, William Swainson, Alan Insole, William Bullock’s Museum and Captain Thomas Blomefield.

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SHNH NL 117 March 2020

In this issue: Celebrating achievements of members, update on news and events, new publications of interest, and a note on Thomas Davies FRS FLS (c.1737-1812) and his insects with special reference to Swederus (1751-1833).

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SHNH NL 116 July 2019

In this issue: report of #TradingNature meeting in York in association with the Geological Curators’ Group, winners of awards and medals, ‘Pebbles on the Beach’ by Clarence Ellis in ‘good reads’, ‘Type & Forme’ in Grantham, events of interest and new publications.

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SHNH NL 115 January 2019

In this issue: announcement of #TradingNature meeting in York, awards and medals, two ‘good reads’ on M. Maxwell Knight and razor clams of the Pacific Northwest, events of interest and new publications.

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SHNH NL 114 July 2018

In this issue: announcement of awards & medals, report of “Bon Voyage: 250 yeas exploring the natural world” meeting in Liverpool, events of interest and new publications.

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SHNH NL 113 January 2018

In this issue: announcement of “Bon Voyage: 250 years exploring the natural world” meeting in Liverpool, other events of interest and new publications.

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