Talk at CES on 5 October 2016 at 6:00 pm titled "Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912): the “Pope” of south Asian ornithology" by Dr. Robert Prys-Jones from Bird Group, Natural History Museum, Tring
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Topic:
Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912): the “Pope” of south Asian ornithology
Speaker:
Dr. Robert Prys-Jones, Bird Group, Natural History Museum, Tring
Date & Time:
5 Oct 2016 - 6:00pm
Event Type:
Talk
Venue:
CES Seminar Hall, 3rd Floor, Biological Sciences Building
Coffee/Tea:
Before the talk
Abstract:
Allan Octavian Hume, known for founding the Indian National Congress, is a major figure in Indian ornithology. He privately built up one of the largest collections of bird specimens from the Indian Subcontinent and founded Stray Feather, the first regional ornithology journal. His vast collection was gifted to the then British Museum (the natural history section is now the Natural History Museum) and are overseen by Dr Prys-Jones and his colleagues at Tring.
A recent biographical note on Hume by the speaker can be found here
http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/cns26/njc/Papers/Collar%2520%26%2520Prys-Jone...
Also see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Octavian_Hume
Speaker Bio:
Dr Prys-Jones is one of the last ornithologists to have seen the now extinct Aldabra brush warbler and was, along with Pamela Rasmussen, instrumental in unearthing the Meinertzhagen scandal which also led to the rediscovery of the Forest Owlet. He will be talking about Hume's legacy and the scientific wealth hidden in the collections.
More about the speaker can be found here
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/science-facilities/cahr/projects-partnerships/museum-lives/database/index.php?request=browse&irn=1939