Please visit the Society for the History of Natural History website for full contact details at www.shnh.org.uk

Editors

Editor: Dr Anne Secord

Associate Editors: Dr E. Charles Nelson, Ms Elaine Shaughnessy and Mr Ingvar Svanberg

Book Reviews Editor: Maggie Reilly

Advisory Board

Professor Kraig Adler
Dr Paul D. Brinkman
Dr Clemency T. Fisher
Professor Matthias Glaubrecht
Professor Sachiko Kusukawa
Professor H. Walter Lack
Professor Arthur M. Lucas
Dr Robert McCracken Peck
Dr Pat Morris
Professor Harriet Ritvo
Professor Anna Marie Roos
Dr Geoffrey N. Swinney
Professor Hugh S. Torrens
Dr John van Wyhe
Dr Ray Williams

Councillors of the Society for the History of Natural History

Ms Gina Douglas (President)
Mr Bill Noblett (Vice President and Treasurer)

Professor Helen Cowie (Awards and Grants Secretary)
Dr Elle Larsson (Meetings Secretary)
Ms Rachel Jennings (Social Media, Communications and Promotions Secretary)
Dr Malgosia Nowak-Kemp (International Representatives Secretary)
Ms Maggie Reilly (Book Reviews Editor)
Ms Jeanne Robinson (Membership Secretary)
Dr Anne Secord (Editor)
Ms Elaine Shaughnessy (Newsletter Editor/ Website Secretary)
Mr Will Beharrell (Secretary)

Mr Jan Freedman
Dr Geraldine Reid
Dr Stanislav Strekopytov

International Representatives

Central Europe: Prof. Mag. Dr. Christa Riedl-Dorn, Archiv und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Vienna, Austria
Ireland: Dr Elizabethanne Boran, Dublin
Italy: Dr Carlo Giovanni Violani, Milan
North America: Ms Leslie K. Overstreet, Washington DC
Poland: Professor Alicja Zemianek, Kraków
Spain: Dr Margarita Hernández Laille, Madrid
South America: Sergio Zagier, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

The Society for the History of Natural History is the only international society devoted to the history of botany, zoology and geology, in the broadest sense, including natural history collections, exploration, art and bibliography. Everyone with an interest in these subjects – professional or amateur – is welcome to join.

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Visit www.shnh.org.uk for further information about the Society for the History of Natural History.

The Society newsletter can be accessed here: https://shnh.org.uk/publications/newsletter/

Endorsements

'This was the first professional society I ever joined and since then has always been special in my life. Anyone who loves the history of natural history will find a warm welcome, like I did. The variety of meetings and articles is great!'

Professor Janet Browne, Department for the History of Science, Harvard University, USA

'I am not aware of any other periodical concerned with the history of natural history that consistently maintains such a high standard of scholarship.'

R.G.C. Desmond, formerly Chief Librarian and Archivist, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and Deputy Keeper of the India Office Library

'I, for one, cannot imagine what life would have been like these past fifty years without its conferences and other meetings, its newsletter and, above all, Archives of natural history.'

Dr David E. Allen, author of The Naturalist in Britain