- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of illustrations and tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Conventions
- Introduction
-
1 Family background and early life -
2 Texas: the big adventure -
3 Settling down to business -
4 Early exploits in ornithological society -
5 Collecting -
6 Discovering the birds of Europe, I -
7 Discovering the birds of Europe, II -
8 Making The Birds of Europe -
9 A central figure: society life in the 1870s -
10 The 1880s: the rise of rivalry -
11 The 1890s: the continuing rise of the British Museum (Natural History) -
12 Working independently, 1900–5 -
13 The grand finale: producing Eggs of the Birds of Europe -
14 Time for a change -
15 Legacies -
Appendix 1. Birds mentioned in the text -
Appendix 2. Birds named by Henry Dresser -
Appendix 3. Birds named after Henry Dresser -
Appendix 4. Publications based on Henry Dresser’s collections, 1985–2017 - References
- Bibliography of Henry Dresser
- Index of birds
- General index
Time for a change
Time for a change
- Chapter:
- (p.232) 14 Time for a change
- Source:
- Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology
- Author(s):
Henry A. McGhie
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
This chapter reveals how ornithology had become divided into factions, with Dresser occupying a distinctive position as one of the last independent naturalists. The British Ornithologists Union had its 50th anniversary in 1909; this showed how the BOU had become rather left behind in the face of competition from the American school of ornithology. Bird and egg collecting were the source of a great debate that ran for some time in the Times. Dresser took part in the commemorations of Darwin’s birth and the publication of On the Origin of Species through his friendship with Alfred Russel Wallace. He was again accused of theft by the British Museum (Natural History). Dresser took part in one last book project, to standardise the names of the birds that had occurred in Britain in line with more modern naming practices.
Keywords: museums, scientific societies, commemorative events, Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of illustrations and tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Conventions
- Introduction
-
1 Family background and early life -
2 Texas: the big adventure -
3 Settling down to business -
4 Early exploits in ornithological society -
5 Collecting -
6 Discovering the birds of Europe, I -
7 Discovering the birds of Europe, II -
8 Making The Birds of Europe -
9 A central figure: society life in the 1870s -
10 The 1880s: the rise of rivalry -
11 The 1890s: the continuing rise of the British Museum (Natural History) -
12 Working independently, 1900–5 -
13 The grand finale: producing Eggs of the Birds of Europe -
14 Time for a change -
15 Legacies -
Appendix 1. Birds mentioned in the text -
Appendix 2. Birds named by Henry Dresser -
Appendix 3. Birds named after Henry Dresser -
Appendix 4. Publications based on Henry Dresser’s collections, 1985–2017 - References
- Bibliography of Henry Dresser
- Index of birds
- General index
