View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11684073
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Henry Seebohm (1832-1895) was an English steel manufacturer as well as an ornithologist, zoologist, explorer, and author. He began his career as a cashier in Seebohm and Dieckstahl Ltd., a steel enterprise in Sheffield. Later he became a manufacturer. After marrying Maria Healey in 1859, he undertook expanded expeditions to Greece, Turkey, Scandinavia, Japan, and Siberia. The last of these figured in two of his published works, Siberia in Europe (1880) and Siberia in Asia (1882). Posthumously, The birds of Siberia was published (1901). His most important works include: A history of British birds (1883), The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae (1887), The birds of the Japanese empire (1890), and A monograph of the Turdidae (1898). Seebohm was the first European ornithologist to use the American system of trinomial nomenclature for the classification of sub-species. Numerous birds, including the Grey Emutail (Amphilais seebohmi) were named after him.
Exhibition History:
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
Subject Terms:
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895. | Birds -- Great Britain. | Birds -- Eggs -- Great Britain. | Birds -- Nests -- Great Britain. | Bird watching -- Great Britain. | Ornithologists -- Great Britain. | Birdsongs. | Feathers. | Butterflies -- Great Britain.