Seth Lister Mosley

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Seth Lister Mosley
Natural History

Seth Lister Mosley FES (1848–1929) was an English

ornithologist and curator who lived in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
. Born into a working-class family, he had little in the way of formal education.

Career

He initially worked as a painter-decorator before becoming an independent professional naturalist in 1877,[1] going on to become one of the most prominent British naturalists in the late nineteenth century. He was an early advocate for bird conservation and wrote publicly against the shooting of birds for museum displays.[2]

He was one of Britain's first independent museologists and visited a substantial number of museums across the country (including the Natural History Museum, London, observing their natural history collections, and providing educational resources.[3] He was also a lecturer for the National Secular Society.

He ran several private museums in Huddersfield before being appointed curator of the collections at Huddersfield Technical College. He was appointed the Soppitt Curator by the

Henry Thomas Soppitt in 1899.[4] and became the first curator at Huddersfield's Tolson Museum in 1922.[3]

Publications

He was also the editor and primary contributor of several prominent national popular science publications including The Naturalist's Journal and theYoung Naturalist.[5]

Legacy

In 2022, a book was published on entitled Nature’s Missionary: Seth Lister Mosley – Naturalist, Museum Curator And Mystic. Written by the Huddersfield historian Alan Brooke, the book marked the first major academic work on Seth Lister Mosley.[6] The book was long-listed for the 2024 SHNH Natural History Book Prize (John Thackray Medal).[7]

A

children's book based on his life, entitled The Boy who Dreamt a Museum, was also published.[8]

References

  1. S2CID 142440094
    . Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ Brooke, Alan (15 December 2014). "Seth Lister Mosley and the Early Years of the Tolson Museum". undergroundhistories.wordpress.com. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780900746529
    .
  4. S2CID 229475502
    . Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ISBN 978-1847182203
    .
  6. ^ Brooke, Alan (2022). Nature's Missionary: Seth Lister Mosley – Naturalist, Museum Curator And Mystic. Huddersfield Local History Society.
  7. ^ "Announcing the 2024 SHNH Natural History Book Prize longlist (Thackray Medal)". www.shnh.org.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  8. ^ Smith, Nathan; Alienor, de La Chapelle; Brooke, Alan (2022). The Boy who Dreamt a Museum. Friends of Tolson Museum.
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