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The club was founded at a meeting of 15 members of the British Ornithologists' Union on October 5, 1892 to give BOU members the opportunity "to meet more than the customary once a year".<ref name="Bull.B.O.C.-112A">Ernst Mayr, Preface to the ''Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, Vol. 112A (Centenary supplement), October 1992. pp.1-2 {{ISSN|0007-1595}}</ref> [[Philip Lutley Sclater]] was appointed as the first Chairman and [[Richard Bowdler Sharpe]] was appointed as editor of the ''Bulletin''. By the end of the first year, there were 84 members<ref name="Bull.B.O.C.-112A" /> |
The club was founded at a meeting of 15 members of the British Ornithologists' Union on October 5, 1892 to give BOU members the opportunity "to meet more than the customary once a year".<ref name="Bull.B.O.C.-112A">Ernst Mayr, Preface to the ''Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, Vol. 112A (Centenary supplement), October 1992. pp.1-2 {{ISSN|0007-1595}}</ref> [[Philip Lutley Sclater]] was appointed as the first Chairman and [[Richard Bowdler Sharpe]] was appointed as editor of the ''Bulletin''. By the end of the first year, there were 84 members<ref name="Bull.B.O.C.-112A" /> |
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In the 1930s, the Bulletin was published by [[H. F. & G. Witherby]]<ref name="Bull.B.O.C.-58">Bull. B.O.C. Vol. 58</ref><ref name="Bull.B.O.C.-59">Bull. B.O.C. Vol. 59</ref> |
In the 1930s, the Bulletin was published by [[H. F. & G. Witherby]].<ref name="Bull.B.O.C.-58">Bull. B.O.C. Vol. 58</ref><ref name="Bull.B.O.C.-59">Bull. B.O.C. Vol. 59</ref> From 1953–1987, the Bulletin was published by Caxton and Holmesdale Press.<ref>{{cite journal|title=list of B.O.C. chairmen to 1987|journal=Bull. B.O.C.|year=1987|volume=107|url=http://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis10710brit/bulletinofbritis10710brit_djvu.txt}} Volume 107 of B.O.C. contains a list of chairmen from 1892 to 1987.</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:58, 14 February 2013
The British Ornithologists' Club (BOC) was founded in October 1892 to promote discussion between ornithologists and to produce a journal, their Bulletin, which has been published continuously since that year.
The objectives of the Club are the promotion of scientific discussion between members of the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) and others interested in ornithology, and to facilitate the dissemination of scientific information concerned with ornithology. The club has a special interest in avian systematics, taxonomy and distribution.
The club was founded at a meeting of 15 members of the British Ornithologists' Union on October 5, 1892 to give BOU members the opportunity "to meet more than the customary once a year".[1] Philip Lutley Sclater was appointed as the first Chairman and Richard Bowdler Sharpe was appointed as editor of the Bulletin. By the end of the first year, there were 84 members[1]
In the 1930s, the Bulletin was published by H. F. & G. Witherby.[2][3] From 1953–1987, the Bulletin was published by Caxton and Holmesdale Press.[4]
Chairmen
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- P L Sclater FRS 1892-1913
- Lord Rothschild FRS 1913-1918
- W L Sclater 1918-1924
- H F Witherby 1924-1927
- Dr P R Lowe 1927-1930
- Major S S Flower 1930-1932
- D A Bannerman 1932-1935
- G M Mathews 1935-1938
- A Landsborough-Thomson 1938-????[3]
Source:[2]
- C W Mackworth-Praed 1956–1959[5]
- Captain C R S Pitman 1959–1962[5]
- Prof J H Elgood 1974–1977[6]
References
- ^ a b Ernst Mayr, Preface to the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, Vol. 112A (Centenary supplement), October 1992. pp.1-2 ISSN 0007-1595
- ^ a b Bull. B.O.C. Vol. 58
- ^ a b Bull. B.O.C. Vol. 59
- ^ "list of B.O.C. chairmen to 1987". Bull. B.O.C. 107. 1987. Volume 107 of B.O.C. contains a list of chairmen from 1892 to 1987.
- ^ a b Bull. B.O.C. Vol. 95
- ^ Bull. B.O.C. Vol. 119
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