scholarly journals Behind the Naturalist’s Lens – Celebrating the life and contribution to natural history of Charles Eric Palmar (1920-1986)

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
D.C. Palmar
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Aquila Chrysaetos ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Natural History Society ◽  
Golden Eagles ◽  
History Of

Charles Eric Palmar was Curator of Natural History in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow from 1949 to 1984 and a long-standing member of the Glasgow Natural History Society. This article provides an outline of his life and the major achievements in both his professional career and natural history activities. The latter included pioneering studies on the golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) of Scotland and made much use of photography and cinematography. A project is currently under way to scan, archive and make publicly accessible many of his photographs and films.

An Examination of some Plant-Names and Identities in India

1972 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Marr
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Botanical Survey ◽  
Natural History Society ◽  
History Of Botany ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
History Of ◽  
Bombay Natural History Society

Isaac Burkill, the scholar whose birth-centenary we are commemorating, has excellently surveyed the history of botanical activities in India. His Chapters on the history of botany in India originally appeared as separate articles in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society from December 1953 onwards. More recently, the Botanical Survey of India responded to a general wish by publishing these articles in book form, revised by Burkill himself, his revision being completed in the 93rd year of his long and fruitful life.

scholarly journals Walter Frederick Whittard, 1902-1966

1966 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 531-542 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Early History ◽  
Water Beetles ◽  
Natural History Society ◽  
School Activities ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Founder Member

Walter Frederick Whittard was born in Battersea on 26 October 1902 and died at his home at Westbury-on-Trym near Bristol on 2 March 1966. His father, Thomas W. Whittard, was a prosperous grocer in Clapham, London, whose wife Sarah (Cotterell) bore him four children, of whom Walter Frederick was the youngest. Little is known of the early history of the family; the surname is said to be derived from Whiteheart or Wytard and to mark a connexion with the Stroud region of Gloucestershire, while his mother’s family were associated with Stockton-on-Tees. He attended the County Secondary School at Battersea and as a boy his interests outside normal school activities were mainly zoological. He was an enthusiastic beetle collector (and in later life would still take note of the water-beetles to be found in a flooded quarry) and became a founder member of the school Natural History Society. Through a mutual friend of his elder brother Tom, however, he was introduced to T. Eastwood, of the Geological Survey, and it was Eastwood who aroused and fostered his interest in geology and induced his father to launch young Whittard on a geological career. Thus it came about that on Eastwood’s advice he attended A. J. Maslen’s evening classes in geology at Chelsea Polytechnic (now Chelsea College of Science and Technology) while still a schoolboy and it was here that Stubblefield and I first met him. Maslen’s gifts as a teacher were widely recognized and his classes attracted a number of well-known amateurs as well as a few schoolboys and many London External students in various stages of their careers. I remember in particular at this time Whittard’s enthusiasm for any geological excursions and the innumerable collecting trips that he made on his own to localities around London and the Home Counties and even as far afield as the Cotswolds.

scholarly journals Gregorio Chil y Naranjo. Aproximación biobibliográfica y su relación con la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-131
Author(s):  
Mari Carmen Naranjo Santana
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historia Natural ◽  
Siglo Xix ◽  
The 19Th Century

Resumen Las biobibliografías recopilan datos personales, profesionales y académicos de una persona que, por su trayectoria profesional, ha destacado en alguna de las áreas del saber. Si hay un protagonista relevante en la historia del conocimiento en Canarias es el médico Gregorio Chil y Naranjo, figura del siglo XIX destacada por sus aportaciones en campos tan diversos como la historia, la antropología, las ciencias médicas y naturales,… y por su proyección internacional. Dada su trascendencia estas páginas recogen una revisión bibliográfica de los textos escritos por y sobre el doctor Chil, completándola con una breve descripción de su biografía en la que se aportan nuevos datos como es el caso de su relación en la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural durante ocho años. Abstract The Biobibliographies collect personal, professional and academic data from a person who, due to his professional career, has excelled in some of the areas of knowledge. If there is a relevant protagonist in the history of knowledge in the Canary Islands, it is the doctor Gregorio Chil y Naranjo, a figure of the 19th century distinguished by his contributions in fields as diverse as history, anthropology, medical and natural sciences, ... and by his projection international. Given its importance, these pages include a bibliographic review of the texts written by and about Dr. Chil, completing in which new data is provided, as is the case of his relationship with the Spanish Society of Natural History for eight years.

scholarly journals Egyptian Mummies at the Redpath Museum: Unravelling the History of McGill University’s Collection

Fontanus ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Barbara Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Natural History Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Impact

This article provides the context for the acquisition of the Egyptian Mummies collection at the Redpath Museum through donors such as James Ferrier, Sir Thomas Roddick and the Montreal Natural History Society. Since the 19th century the Mummies have solicited a great deal of public interest and have also been the object of rigorous scientific studies, this paper explores the history of the collection at Redpath and the impact of new technologies on adding to our knowledge of the collection. 

scholarly journals David Ure and the first illustrations of British fossil Ostracoda

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-8
Author(s):  
Michael C. Keen
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Grammar School ◽  
Scottish Enlightenment ◽  
Great Work ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Classic Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Abstract. 1993 is the bicenntenary of the publication of David Ure’s classic work, The History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride, published with a view to promote the study of antiquity and natural history, and with it the start of studies in Britain of fossil ostracods. To commemorate this occasion, the 2nd. European Ostracodologists Meeting was held in the University of Glasgow July 23–27th, 1993.David Ure was born in 1750 the son of a weaver, a product of the Scottish enlightenment, who studied at Glagow Grammar School and then at the University of Glasgow. He was licensed to preach the gospel in 1783, and soon after was appointed Assistant Minister at East Kilbride, where he remained for seven years. During this time he collected material for his great work which was published after he had left East Kilbride for Newcastle.David Ure’s book was financed by public subscription, and amongst the 700 subscribers can be found many Professors from the Scottish Universities as well as the eminent geologists James Hutton and John Playfair. This was the heroic age of geology, when careful observations were leading to an understanding of basic principles. David Ure is often regarded as the "Father of Scottish Palaeontology". His book contains the first illustrations of fossils from Scotland, and is fairly unique for the period because his specimens are still preserved in the collections of the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow and the City Museum and Art Gallery, Kelvingrove, Glasgow. The macrofossils are beautifully drawn, . . .

How is the moral stance related to the intentional stance and group thinking?

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Rakoczy
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Intentional Stance ◽  
Cognitive Capacities ◽  
Shared Intentionality ◽  
History Of ◽  
Group Thinking ◽  
Moral Stance

Abstract The natural history of our moral stance told here in this commentary reveals the close nexus of morality and basic social-cognitive capacities. Big mysteries about morality thus transform into smaller and more manageable ones. Here, I raise questions regarding the conceptual, ontogenetic, and evolutionary relations of the moral stance to the intentional and group stances and to shared intentionality.

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