Adam White (zoologist)
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Adam White was a Scottish zoologist.
Portrait by Norman Macbeth, 1846.
Linnean Society of London
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The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biologica
Adam White (zoologist)
…Museum (1847) and A Popular History of Mammalia (1850). White was a member of the Entomological Society of London from 1839 to 1863, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society from 1846 to 1855. White suffered a nervous breakdown after the death of his first wife in 1861. He remarried in 1862, and had at least three children…
Burlington House: the Linnean Society occupies the range to the left of, and above, the entrance arch
The society's premises in Burlington House seen from within the courtyard
The first admission of women as fellows of the society in 1905 (original version), Emma Louisa Turner is on the far left, Lilian J. Veley is shown signing the membership book, whilst Lady Crisp receives the 'hand of Fellowship' from the president, William Abbott Herdman, behind Lilian J. Veley and standing is Constance Sladen – from a painting by James Sant (1820–1916) held by The Linnean Society of London
The library of the Linnean Society, Burlington House