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Lincolnshire Naturalist's Union (LNU) is an association of amateur naturalists covering a wide range of natural history subjects. It was founded in 1893 and aims to promote the investigation of the fauna, flora, and physical features of the county of
Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
and to promote the study of natural history.


History

The society was formed on 12 June 1893 during a meeting held in
Mablethorpe Mablethorpe is a seaside town in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, part of the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton.OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000): The population including nearby Sutton-on-Sea was 12, ...
. The meeting came about from conversations held by William F. Baker and Joseph Coe with "prominent naturalists connectected with Lincolnshire". About 30 naturalists met at Mablethrope, travelled to
Theddlethorpe Theddlethorpe is a village in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, that is made up of 2 parishes: * Theddlethorpe St Helen * Theddlethorpe All Saints Theddlethorpe may also refer to Theddlethorpe railway station Theddlethorpe is a village in East ...
and then returned to the Book-in-Hand hotel at Mablethorpe to discuss the formation of a union. A subsequent meeting was held on 1 July 1893 at Lincoln to elect officers to organise the union.
John Cordeaux Lieutenant-Colonel John Kyme Cordeaux (23 July 1902 – 4 January 1982), was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Cordeaux was elected at the 1955 general election as Member of Parliament for Nottingham Central, narrowly def ...
was elected as the inaugural President of the LNU and William F. Baker as its Secretary. Officers were also elected to six divisional sections: Vertebrate Zoology, Conchology, Entomology, Botany, Geology, and Micro-Zoology & Botany.


Activities

The LNU has hosted over 800 field meetings across the county of Lincolnshire. Historically, several members of the LNU have donated their collections to the county museum, The Collection, in Lincoln.


See also

* Members of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union


References

{{authority control Organisations based in Lincolnshire Natural history societies 1893 establishments in England Biology societies