The ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' (also ''JBNHS'') is a
natural history journal published several times a year by the
Bombay Natural History Society
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), founded on 15 September 1883, is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research. It supports many research efforts through grants and pub ...
. First published in January 1886, and published with only a few interruptions since, the ''JBNHS'' is one of the best-known journals in the fields of
natural history,
conservation, and
biodiversity
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research.
Major editors: 1886–1985
Format: decade. ''major'' editor(s). (For more details, see .)
*1886–1895:
R. A. Sterndale
Robert Armitage Sterndale (30 June 1839 – 3 October 1902) was a British naturalist, artist, writer and statesman who worked in British India before becoming governor general of St. Helena.
Sterndale was born in 1839, the fourth son of Margar ...
,
E. H. Aitken
Edward Hamilton Aitken (16 August 1851, in Satara, India – 11 April 1909, in Edinburgh) was a civil servant in India, better known for his humorist writings on natural history in India and as a founding member of the Bombay Natural History Soc ...
, &
H. M. Phipson
Herbert Musgrave Phipson (1850 – 7 August 1936), was a British wine merchant and naturalist who lived in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, from 1878 to 1905. As the honorary secretary of the Bombay Natural History Society, editor of its ''Journal'', ...
*1896–1905:
H. M. Phipson
Herbert Musgrave Phipson (1850 – 7 August 1936), was a British wine merchant and naturalist who lived in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, from 1878 to 1905. As the honorary secretary of the Bombay Natural History Society, editor of its ''Journal'', ...
&
W. S. Millard
*1906–1915:
W. S. Millard, R. A. Spence &
N. B. Kinnear
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Early life
Kinnear was the younger son of the wealthy Edinburgh architect Charles George Hood Kinnear and his wife Jessie Jane and came f ...
*1916–1925:
W. S. Millard, R. A. Spence,
N. B. Kinnear
Sir Norman Boyd Kinnear (11 August 1882 – 11 August 1957) was a Scottish zoologist and ornithologist.
Early life
Kinnear was the younger son of the wealthy Edinburgh architect Charles George Hood Kinnear and his wife Jessie Jane and came f ...
, &
S. H. Prater
Stanley Henry Prater (12 March 1890 – 12 October 1960) was an Anglo-Indian naturalist in India best known as a long-time affiliate of the Bombay Natural History Society and the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, as ther curat ...
*1926–1935: R. A. Spence,
S. H. Prater
Stanley Henry Prater (12 March 1890 – 12 October 1960) was an Anglo-Indian naturalist in India best known as a long-time affiliate of the Bombay Natural History Society and the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, as ther curat ...
, P. M. D. Sanderson, &
Sálim Ali
Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November 1896 – 20 June 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the "''Birdman of India''", Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across Ind ...
.
*1936–1945: M. J. Dickins, P. M. D. Sanderson,
S. H. Prater
Stanley Henry Prater (12 March 1890 – 12 October 1960) was an Anglo-Indian naturalist in India best known as a long-time affiliate of the Bombay Natural History Society and the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, as ther curat ...
,
C. McCann, H. M. McGusty & J. F. Caius.
*1946–1955:
S. H. Prater
Stanley Henry Prater (12 March 1890 – 12 October 1960) was an Anglo-Indian naturalist in India best known as a long-time affiliate of the Bombay Natural History Society and the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, as ther curat ...
, C. McCann,
Sálim Ali
Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November 1896 – 20 June 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the "''Birdman of India''", Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across Ind ...
, S. B. Setna, & H. Santapau.
*1956–1965:
Sálim Ali
Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (12 November 1896 – 20 June 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the "''Birdman of India''", Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across Ind ...
, H. Santapau,
H. Abdulali, & Z. Futehally.
*1966–1975: H. Santapau, D. E. Reuben, Z. Futehally,
J. C. Daniel
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, & P. V. Bole.
*1976–1985.
J. C. Daniel
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, P. V. Bole & A. N. D. Nanavati.
Illustrations
Image:First illustrationJBNHSa.jpg, The first illustration, vol. 1, no. 1, 1886, of the horns of the sheep, ''Ovis hodgsoni'', ''O. vignei'', and of an hybrid found in the Zanskar region of the upper Indus river valley, drawn by R. A. Sterndale
Robert Armitage Sterndale (30 June 1839 – 3 October 1902) was a British naturalist, artist, writer and statesman who worked in British India before becoming governor general of St. Helena.
Sterndale was born in 1839, the fourth son of Margar ...
Image:First part colorJBNHSa.jpg, First partial colour illustration, vol. 1, no. 1, 1886, of the finless porpoise, subspecies ''Neomeris kurrachiensis''
Image:First photographJBNHSa.jpg, First photograph, vol. 3, no. 2, 1888, of a black rock scorpion (''Buthus afer'') displaying simultaneous twin parturition
Image:First lithographJBNHSa.jpg, First lithograph, vol. 3, no. 2, 1888, showing remains of a partially eaten tiger kill ( nilgai)
Notes
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External links
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Scanned Journal volumes 1–106at the
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Biology journals
Science and technology magazines published in India
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Publications established in 1886
1886 establishments in British India
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