Herbert Stevens

Herbert Stevens
Born27 January 1877
Greetland, Yorkshire
Died1 June 1964 (1964-07) (aged 87)
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithology
Entomology

Herbert Stevens (27 January 1877 – 1 June 1964) was a British ornithologist and entomologist.[1][2]

Stevens' regular employment was as a tea-planter.[1] He left the U.K. in 1901 to work in India, and became the manager of the Gopaldhara Tea Estate in Darjeeling.[3][4]

In 1921 Stevens returned to live in the U.K., settling at Tring, Hertfordshire with his wife Amy.[3] From time to time in later life Stevens traveled as a naturalist, for example taking part in the Sladen-Godman Expedition to Tonkin [northern Vietnam] in 1925 and the Kelley-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition to China in 1928.[5] In 1930–1931, Stevens participated in Charles Suydam Cutting's Expedition to Sikkim and Bengal Terai, where he collected mammal, bird and reptile specimens for the Field Museum of Chicago.[6]

Select publications

  • "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part i". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 29, part 1, pages 503-518 (1923)[7]
  • "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part ii". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 29, part 3, pages 723-740 (1923)[8]
  • "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part iii". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 29, part 4, pages 1007-1030 (1923)[9]
  • "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part iv". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 30, part 1, pages 54–71 (1924)[10]
  • "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part v". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 30, part 2, pages 352-379 (1924)[11]
  • Through Deep Defiles to Tibetan Uplands: The Travels of a Naturalist from the Irrawaddy to the Yangtse. Published by H., F. and G. Witherby, London (1934)

References

  1. ^ a b "1939 England and Wales Register for Herbert Stevens". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ Probate Calendar for England (1964): Stevens, Herbert died 1 June 1964 (page 733). Accessed through probatesearch.service.gov.uk
  3. ^ a b Moore, Amberley (February 2023). "Herbert Stevens (1877-1964): Collector, Benefactor and Enigma". British Ornithologists' Club. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ^ Thacker's Indian Directory [Tea Estates: Darjeeling: Gopaldhara Tea Estate]. Calcutta: Thacker's Directories, Ltd. 1918. p. 159.
  5. ^ "Stevens, Herbert (fl. 1925-1932)". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ^ Sanborn, Colin Campbell (1932). "Mammals of the Suydam Cutting Sikkim Expedition". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 36: 181–187 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  7. ^ Stevens, Herbert (1923). "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas [part i]". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 29 (1): 503–518 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  8. ^ Stevens, Herbert (1923). "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part ii". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 29 (3): 723–740 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  9. ^ Stevens, Herbert (1923). "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part iii". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 29 (4): 1007–1030 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  10. ^ Stevens, Herbert (1924). "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part iv". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 30 (1): 54–71 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  11. ^ Stevens, Herbert (1924). "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part v". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 30 (2): 352–379 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.