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Displaying 91 - 100 of 1885 itemsPeople List: TDGNHAS Editors
… Series I Volumes 1 to 6 (1864–71), Sir William Jardine Series II Volumes 1 to 19 (1879–1908), by Committee Volumes 20 to 22 (1909–11), S. Arnott Volumes 23 …
… history of the wood, and, in part, its natural history, over the last 400–500 years. The wood lies in the Fleet valley and is shown on Blaeu’s map of the mid-17th century, … been used in the tanning process there. The OS Name Books compiled around 1850 record that the Doon was ‘thickly …
… On 2 November 2018 the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquities Society welcomed Professor Sir Tom Devine OBE. Tom addressed a very … the so-called 'Highland Clearances'. Industrialisation, accompanied by rapid urbanisation, population increase and the …
Meeting: The saving of the City of Adelaide
… Jim Tildesley: The Saving of the City of Adelaide. The Society met by Zoom for … and the State of South Australia, which was run as a commercial operation, not taking convicts. She operated this … was refused. In 2010 the city of Adelaide’s proposal of a complex project to move the ship to South Australia was …
Biography: Henry McA. Russell
… Obituary from TDGNHAS , Series III, Vol. LIII, p.196 The Society lost one of its most active members on the death of Mr Henry McA. Russell on 24th April, 1978. Born in 1898 in London, Mr Russell on leaving school entered the Civil Service as a boy clerk and …
… For the first ever DGNHAS online lecture, Dr Fiona Edmonds presented her … and an important culture in poetry. In the seventh century competition increased between the kingdoms with tribute … and with the expansion of Strathclyde southwards Galloway becomes prominent. The society was very grateful to have had …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 3
… 8th October] Author: Council, The 1 Donations [1880, 5th November] Author: Council, The 3 Exhibits [1880, 5th November] Author: Council, The 3 The Peat Formation at Newall … of the Glenkens Author: M'Andrew, J. 7 Cuculus Canorus [The Common Cuckoo] [Summary only] Author: Adamson, W. 10 An …
Biography: Duncan Adamson, M.A. 1936–2007
… family. After education at Dumfries Academy and the University of Edinburgh, where he was a near contemporary of … he entered the teaching profession in Hamilton, before moving to Bo’ness Academy and then Linlithgow Academy, where … and also various articles in the Transactions with the accompanying off-print booklets, on Ann Hill, the Kirkpatrick …
Meeting: The Chelsea Physic Garden
… How fortunate we are that this gentleman of manifold accomplishments chose to retire to Dumfriesshire! He was invited to speak on The Chelsea Physic Garden by Dumfriesshire … by Dawtry Drewitt. Apothecaries were part of the Grocers' Company until they broke away in 1617. They were given …
Meeting: Life on the rocks
… Professor Stuart K. Monro OBE, DUniv, FRSE, Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth, was invited by Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and … rocks with Silurian sediments below. Hutton was not a good communicator but Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology set …