Zoological Club of the Linnean Society of London
The Zoological Club of the Linnean Society of London was a London learned society of zoology founded in 1824 . It existed until 1829 and is a forerunner of the Zoological Society of London .
history
On November 29, 1822, the birthday of John Ray , members of the Linnean Society of London interested in zoology met under the chairmanship of William Kirby in Soho Square in Soho . They decided to found their own club. Bylaws were adopted in May of the following year and membership limited to Fellows and Associate members of the Linnean Society.
The aim of the association was the "study of all areas of zoology and comparative anatomy, particularly in connection with the animals native to Great Britain and Ireland". It was agreed that the articles of the members of the club should appear in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Volumes 14-16). Its founding members included many members of the short-lived Entomological Society of Great Britain . In 1829 the "Zoological Club" stopped its work due to financial difficulties.
Founding members
- Thomas Bell (Committee)
- Edward Turner Bennett (Committee)
- Edward Blunt
- Thomas Swift Booth
- John Curtis
- James Charles Dale
- Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
- Charles Du Bois
- John Hatchett
- John Hatchett Jr.
- Adrian Hardy Haworth (Committee)
- John Stevens Henslow
- Thomas Walker Horsfield (Committee)
- Leonard Jenyns
- William Kirby (Committee)
- Lord George Lovaine
- Alexander MacLeay (1767-1848)
- William Sharp Macleay (1792-1865)
- George Milne (Committee)
- William Henry Percy
- Joseph Sabine (President)
- Revett Sheppard
- Edmund Sheppard
- George Brettingham Sowerby (1788-1854)
- Joseph Sparshall
- William Spence (1783-1860)
- James Francis Stephens (Treasurer)
- Nicholas Aylward Vigors (Secretary)
President
- 1824–1825: Joseph Sabine
- 1825–1826: James Ebenezer Bicheno (1785–1851)
- 1826-1827: John George Children
- 1827–1828:?
- 1828–1829: Nicholas Aylward Vigors
proof
- Henry Scherren: The Zoological Society of London: A Sketch of its Foundation and Development, and the Story of its Farm, Museum, Gardens, Menagerie and Library . Cassell, London 1905, pp. 1-24; on-line
- Nicholas Aylward Vigors : An Address Delivered at the Sixth and Last Meeting of the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society of London, on the 29th of November, 1829 . In: The Magazine of Natural History . Pp. 201-226; on-line