David Armitage Bannerman

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From left: Mrs. Bannerman, unknown woman, David Armitage Bannerman (1886–1979), Alfred Ezra and David Ezra

David Armitage Bannerman (born November 27, 1886 in Pendleton , Lancashire , † April 6, 1979 ) was a British ornithologist.

Life

Bannerman was the son of David Alexander and Edith Armitage Bannermann. In 1909 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pembroke College , Cambridge . In 1927 he graduated with a Master of Arts and in 1937 he received his doctorate from the University of Glasgow to the Doctor of Sciences. In 1964 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in law (LL.D. hon.). In 1911 he married his first wife Muriel Morgan, who died in 1945. From this marriage a son and two daughters were born. In 1952 he married W. Mary Holland, who co-wrote several of Bannerman's works.

Bannerman made extensive trips to Africa , the West Indies , South America and the islands in the Atlantic Ocean .

Retired from military service for health reasons, he served for four years with the British Red Cross in France during the First World War . He then got a job at the Natural History Museum in London until his retirement in 1951 . During this time he turned down the post of director of the British Museum twice . He was chairman of the British Ornithologists' Club from 1932 to 1935 and editor of the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club from 1914 to 1915. He was also vice-president of the British Ornithologists' Union and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . He has written several articles for the Ibis journal . Since 1923 he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

Bannerman was the first to describe bird species such as the pemba spectacled bird ( Zosterops vaughani ), the Bamendafeiner ( Apalis bamendae ) and the Canary oystercatcher ( Haematopus meadewaldoi ).

Dedication names

Several species of birds are named after Bannermann, including the Bannerman turaco ( Tauraco bannermani ), the Bannerman nectar bird ( Cyanomitra bannermani ), the Bannerman weaver ( Ploceus bannermani ) and the shearling ( Puffinus bannermani ).

Works (selection)

  • The Birds of Tropical West Africa. illustrated by George Edward Lodge. 8 volumes. 1930-1951.
  • The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa. 2 volumes. 1953.
  • Larger Birds of West Africa. Penguin, London 1958.
  • with Winifred Mary Jane Bannerman: Birds of Cyprus. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1958.
  • The Birds of the British Isles. illustrated by George Edward Lodge. 12 volumes. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh 1933-1963.
  • with Winifred Mary Jane Bannerman: The Birds of the Atlantic Islands. illustrated by David Morrison Reid Henry . 4 volumes. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh 1963-1968.
    • Vol. 1: A History of the Birds of the Canary Islands and the Salvages. 1963.
    • Vol. 2: A History of the Birds of Madeira, The Desertas and the Porto Santo Islands. 1965.
    • Vol. 3: A History of the Birds of the Azores. 1966.
    • Vol. 4: A History of the Birds of the Cape Verde Islands. 1968, ISBN 0-05-001802-7 .
  • with Winifred Mary Jane Bannerman: Handbook of the Birds of Cyprus and Migrants of the Middle East. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh 1971, ISBN 0-05-002445-0 .
  • with Joseph A. Vella-Gaffiero: Birds of the Maltese Archipelago. Museums Department, Valletta 1976.
  • with Winifred Mary Jane Bannerman: The Birds of the Balearics. illustrated by Donald Watson. Croom Helm / Tanager Books 1983, ISBN 0-88072-022-0 .

literature

  • D. Watson: Obituary: David Armitage Bannerman (1886-1979). In: British Birds. 73, 1980, pp. 26-29. ISSN  0007-0335
  • William Serle: David Armitage Bannerman (1886–1979) . In: The Ibis . tape 121 , no. 4 , 1979, p. 520-522 ( online [PDF; accessed August 31, 2015]).
  • Philip Christison: Obituary David Armitage Bannerman, QBE, LL D. Sc D, FRSE (November 27, 1886 - April 6, 1979) (Plate 28) . In: Scotish Birds - The Journal of the Scotish Ornithologists' Club . tape 10 , no. 7 , 1979, pp. 277–279 ( online [PDF; accessed August 31, 2015]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernerst Kay: The International authors and writers Who's who. 1976, p. 31.
  2. ^ Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bannerman, David Armitage
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Pendleton , Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1979