Sir Norman Boyd Kinnear (August 11, 1882 - August 11, 1957) was a Scottish zoologist. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of
Kinnear was the son of an Edinburgh architect and came from the same family as Sir William Jardine. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction While studying at Trinity College, Glenalmond, he worked as a voluntary assistant at the Royal Scottish Museum from 1905 to 1907. After a recommendation by William Eagle Clarke, he was Curator of the museum of the Bombay Natural History Society from November 1907 to 1919, as well as assistant editor of the Bombay Natural History Society Journal. Dr William Eagle Clarke ( 16 March 1853 - 10 May 1938) was a British Ornithologist. The Bombay Natural History Society, founded on 15 September 1883 is one of the largest non-governmental organizations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research In 1913 he married Gwendolen Beatrice Millard, whose family lived in India and was closely involved with the BNHS. (Walter Samuel Millard) In 1920 he became an assistant in the Department of Zoology at the Natural History Museum, becoming Keeper of Zoology in 1945, and Director of the Museum in August 1947. Walter Samuel Millard (1864-1952 was a British Entrepreneur and naturalist who was honorary secretary of the Bombay Natural History Society and editor The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum He retired on April 30, 1950 and was knighted in June of that year.
Kinnear was editor of the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club from 1925 to 1930 and president of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1943 to 1948. The Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club ( is an ornithological journal published by the British Ornithologists' Club (BOC BOU may also stand for Bank of Uganda, the central bank of Uganda The British Ornithologists' Union ( BOU) aims to encourage He also served on the Councils of the National Trust and the Zoological Society. He was one of the founders of the Society for the History of Natural History. He wrote two papers in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society on the history of Indian ornithology and mammalogy. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (also JBNHS) is a Natural history journal published several times a year by the Bombay Natural History Society
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- Ripley, S. D. 1958. Sidney Dillon Ripley ( 20 September 1913 - 12 March 2001) was a noted American ornithologist and leader in Wildlife Obituary. The Auk. 75(1):119 [1]
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