Harry Forbes Witherby
Harry Forbes Witherby | |
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![]() Witherby in 1937 | |
Born | 7 October 1873 |
Died | 11 December 1943 Gracious Pond Farm, Chobham, Surrey[1] | (aged 70)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Publisher |
Known for | Ornithology, publishing |
Notable work | |
Spouse | Lilian Gillson (m. 1904) |
Parent | Henry Forbes Witherby |
Relatives | five children: two sons and three daughters |
Harry Forbes Witherby,
Personal life
Harry was the second surviving son of Henry Forbes Witherby (1836–1907) of Holmehurst,
Career
He started one of the world's first two bird ringing schemes in 1909 (they merged in the late 1930s), transferring responsibility, in 1937, to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), who continue to run it.[7] Witherby was Hon Secretary and Treasurer (1904–14),[5] and Chairman (1924–27)[5] of the British Ornithologists' Club (1924–1927) and President of the Council of the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) (1933–1938).[5] In 1933 he was one of eleven people,[a] involved in the appeal that led to the foundation of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), an organisation for the study of birds in the British Isles.,[8] becoming a founding member and early vice-chairman. The BTO survived through his financial generosity, not least in donating the proceeds of the sale of his extensive collection of stuffed birds to the British Museum - this is now at the Natural History Museum, Tring.
Witherby's crowning glory was
During
See also
Notes
- ^ The letter was signed:
- Desborough
- Hugh S. Gladstone
- Grey of Fallodon
- Julian S. Huxley (Chancellor of Oxford University)
- T. G Longstaff
- Percy R. Lowe
- P. Chalmers Mitchell
- Rothschild
- Scone M.P. (Chairman, British Trust for Ornithology)
- E. L. Turner
- H. F. Witherby (President, British Ornithologists' Union)
References
- ^ Times obituary, 13 December 1943
- ^ Ogilvie, Malcolm; Ferguson-Lees, James and Chandler, Richard (2007). "A history of British Birds". British Birds 100: 3–15
- ^ "Witherby Publishing Group > Witherby History".
- ^ A Country House or a House in the Country? A study of country houses in the New Forest and their residents, c. 1851 to c. 1923, Catherine E. M. Glover, University of Winchester, 2012, p. 205
- ^ OUP.
- ^ Tucker, B. W. "Harry Forbes Witherby: A biographical sketch" (PDF). British Birds. 37 (9): 162–174.
- ^ Bird Study Vol 16 March 1969 no.1, AL Thomson, text of first BTO Witherby Lecture
- ^ "Observers of Birds" (PDF). The Times. 1 July 1933.
- ^ Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names by James A Jobling, 1991 OUP
- ^ London Gazette 8th supplement, 23 May 1919
- Thomson, A. Landsborough (1944). "Harry Forbes Witherby: A Biographical Sketch". Ibis. 86 (2): 208–222. .
- Mullens and Swann - A Bibliography of British Ornithology (1917)