SHNH Patron
Sir David Attenborough OM CH FRS. Awarded the Founders' Medal 2011.
SHNH Meetings 2012
Saturday 31 March
Powell-Cotton Museum at Quex Park
Saturday 19th May
Spring Meeting and AGM. The natural history of the Terra Nova expedition.
Thursday 27th September
The remarkable nature of Edward Lear.
4-9 November
Mark Catesby's third centennial in America - celebrating his impact on our world.
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The Society for the History of Natural History
The Society for the History of Natural History is a friendly international society for everyone who is interested in natural history in the broadest sense. This includes botany, zoology and geology as well as natural history collections, exploration, art and bibliography. Everyone with an interest in these subjects – professional or amateur – is welcome to join. For a brief history of the society, click here.
SHNH is known for its friendliness and provides a focal point for the history of all aspects of natural history. It has a thriving international membership and regional representatives organise local meetings. An international meeting is held at regular intervals, the next being in the United States in November. A number of meetings and events are scheduled for 2012 so do visit the Meetings and Events pages for more information. Of especial interest will be our Spring Meeting at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge on "The natural history of the Terra Nova".
The Society's main publication is Archives of natural history, produced twice a year, and distributed free to all members. It contains refereed, illustrated papers and book reviews and is published for the Society by Edinburgh University Press. All volumes published from 1936 are now available online.
From time to time, the Society also publishes other works of interest. To celebrate SHNH's 75th anniversary in 2011, we published History and mystery, an anthology of the most interesting, bizarre and entertaining notes and queries from the Society's newsletters. Other publications include: Darwin in the Archives and A Century of Discovery.
An informal Newsletter is produced three times a year and distributed free to members. It contains details of forthcoming meetings, news of other events, a lively Notes & Queries section, members’ news and new publications.
On this site you will find information about the Society, its activities, publications and how to join us. You will also find news and up-to-date information as well as links to useful resources and further information.
Message from SHNH President Geoff Moore December 2011
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Wednesday 11. of May 2011 Insect Fossil Discovery at Museum of Somerset
Full News Story from BBC Somerset
More than 2,000 insect fossils dating to the Jurassic period have been found at the Museum of Somerset after being forgotten for more than 90 years.
Geologist Charles Moore excavated them in...
Monday 09. of May 2011 SHNH - Society for the History of Natural History (SHNHSocNatHist) is now on Twitter
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Thursday 05. of May 2011 The Curious Mr Catesby - DVD available
SHNH members may know that the owl (Otus asio, Eastern Screech Owl) on our SHNH website and cover of our SHNH Newsletter is Mark Catesby's (1682-1749) etching of the "Little Owl" from Volume I of Mark Catesby's...