''The Natural History Review'' was a short-lived, quarterly journal devoted to
natural history. It was published in
Dublin
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and
London
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between 1854 and 1865.
The ''Natural History Review'' included the transactions of the
Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society
The Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society was founded in 1821 to promote the scientific study of animals, plants, fossils, rocks and minerals.
The Society was founded by George Crawford Hyndman, James Lawson Drummond, James Grim ...
,
Cork Cuvierian Society,
Dublin Natural History Society,
Dublin University Zoological Association, and the
Literary and Scientific Institution of Kilkenny, as authorised...It was founded by
Edward Perceval Wright
Edward Percival (Perceval) Wright (27 December 1834, Donnybrook – 2 March 1910) FRGSI was an Irish ophthalmic surgeon, botanist and zoologist.
Family, education and career
He was the eldest son of barrister, Edward Wright and Charlotte Wrigh ...
who was also the editor.
The parts are:
Vols 1-4, 1854–57; title concludes: ...by the Councils of these Societies (Geological Society of Dublin later added to list)
This was continued as
''Natural History Review, and quarterly journal of science''. Edited by Edward Percival Wright,
William Henry Harvey
William Henry Harvey, FRS FLS (5 February 1811 – 15 May 1866) was an Irish botanist and phycologist who specialised in algae.
Biography
Harvey was born at Summerville near Limerick, Ireland, in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. His father ...
,
Joseph Reay Greene,
Samuel Haughton
Samuel Haughton (21 December 1821 – 31 October 1897) was an Irish clergyman, medical doctor, and scientific writer.
Biography
The scientist Samuel Haughton was born in Carlow, the son of another Samuel Haughton (1786-1874) and grandson (by h ...
and
Alexander Henry Haliday London, Vols 5-7, 1858-60.
In turn continued as
''Natural History Review'': a quarterly journal of biological science. Edited by
George Busk,
William Benjamin Carpenter
William Benjamin Carpenter CB FRS (29 October 1813 – 19 November 1885) was an English physician, invertebrate zoologist and physiologist. He was instrumental in the early stages of the unified University of London.
Life
Carpenter was born o ...
, F.Currey et al., London, Vols 1-5, 1861–65; no more published.
External links
Volume 1(1854)
Volume 2(1855)
Volume 3(1856)
Volume 4(1857)
Volume 5(1858)
Volume 6(1859)
Volume 7(1860)
Volume 1(1861)
Volume 2(1862)
Volume 5(1865)
Natural history journals
Publications established in 1854
Quarterly journals
1854 establishments in the United Kingdom
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