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History in the service of systematics : papers from the conference to celebrate the centenary of the British Museum (Natural History) 13-16 April, 1981 / edited by Alwyne Wheeler & James H. Price.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Society for the Bibliography of Natural History special publication ; no. 1Publication details: London : Society for the bibliography of Natural History, 1981.Description: v, 164 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0901843059 : (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 570.7
Contents:
Bibliography in the British Museum (Natural History) / William T. Stearn -- M.E. Bloch's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische : a study / Ellen B. Wells -- The persistence of ephemera : bibliographical value of part wrappers / Bernadette G. Callery -- Order in disorder : a summary of some characteristics of part-publication / J.H. Price -- Sir Hans Sloane and his curious friends / Phyllis I. Edwards -- The Reynolds-Anstice Shropshire geological collection -- 200 years of history and its lessons / Hugh S. Torrens -- History of Australian phycology : early German collectors and botanists / Sophie C. Ducker -- The genus Banksia L.f. -- a case history in Australian botany / A.S. George -- The Banksian natural history collections of the Endeavour voyage and their relevance to modern taxonomy / H.B. Carter, Judith A. Diment, C.J. Humphries, and Alwyne Wheeler -- The dispersal of the collections of H.M.S. Challenger : an example of the importance of historical research in tracing a systematically important collection / P.F. Lingwood -- The fate of the invertebrate collections of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856 / William A. Deiss and Raymond B. Manning -- An analysis of information preserved in a recently identified collection of insect drawings by Alexander Marshall (1639?-1682) / James A. Mears -- William Burchell's South African bird collection, 1810-1815 / Keith C. Davies and James Hull -- Robert Brown of the British Museum : some ramifications / D.J. Mabberley -- Early rhinoceros systematics / L.C. Rookmaaker -- Erik Acharius, Olof Swartz and the evolution of generic concepts in lichenology / D.J. Galloway -- Botanical nomenclature and pitfalls in relevant history / W.L. Tjaden -- The evolution of the Code of zoological nomenclature / David Heppell -- Teaching systematics through history / Peter J. James -- The development of systematic ideas of variation illustrated by malacology / A.J. Cain -- What's history to him or he to history/that the systematist should bother / Joseph Ewan.
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Non-Loanable Book Library Reserve 570.7 CON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 000443275

Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliography in the British Museum (Natural History) / William T. Stearn -- M.E. Bloch's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische : a study / Ellen B. Wells -- The persistence of ephemera : bibliographical value of part wrappers / Bernadette G. Callery -- Order in disorder : a summary of some characteristics of part-publication / J.H. Price -- Sir Hans Sloane and his curious friends / Phyllis I. Edwards -- The Reynolds-Anstice Shropshire geological collection -- 200 years of history and its lessons / Hugh S. Torrens -- History of Australian phycology : early German collectors and botanists / Sophie C. Ducker -- The genus Banksia L.f. -- a case history in Australian botany / A.S. George -- The Banksian natural history collections of the Endeavour voyage and their relevance to modern taxonomy / H.B. Carter, Judith A. Diment, C.J. Humphries, and Alwyne Wheeler -- The dispersal of the collections of H.M.S. Challenger : an example of the importance of historical research in tracing a systematically important collection / P.F. Lingwood -- The fate of the invertebrate collections of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856 / William A. Deiss and Raymond B. Manning -- An analysis of information preserved in a recently identified collection of insect drawings by Alexander Marshall (1639?-1682) / James A. Mears -- William Burchell's South African bird collection, 1810-1815 / Keith C. Davies and James Hull -- Robert Brown of the British Museum : some ramifications / D.J. Mabberley -- Early rhinoceros systematics / L.C. Rookmaaker -- Erik Acharius, Olof Swartz and the evolution of generic concepts in lichenology / D.J. Galloway -- Botanical nomenclature and pitfalls in relevant history / W.L. Tjaden -- The evolution of the Code of zoological nomenclature / David Heppell -- Teaching systematics through history / Peter J. James -- The development of systematic ideas of variation illustrated by malacology / A.J. Cain -- What's history to him or he to history/that the systematist should bother / Joseph Ewan.

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