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150 Years Old, and still active
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in 2017 the Cardiff Naturalists' Society started celebrating it's 150th Anniversary and we had an exhibition at the Cardiff Story Museum running in the latter part of the year These pages were provided to give additional information we were not able to fit in the exhibition, and are still being developed as we place more fascinating aspects of our history online. As with all such projects the quantity and quality of the information presented depends on time to do in depth research and as this work is being done as a voluntary task it is quite possible that some errors or omissions have crept in. If you do find such, or you have additional information that you think would be valuable and you would like us to share on these pages, then please do make contact with us via the publicity link on the contacts page. Within these pages you can find Presidents of the Society who: -
And many more such stories... The Logo above is one that was rediscovered by members of the society when researching for this exhibition. In that format it was as an embossed letterhead. It has been digitized and coloured by CNS member and accomplished artist Rhian Kendall and is being used again for the first time in over 100 years The 2017 Annual General meeting of the Society was held on September 11th, which is precisely 150 years since the first meeting. At this Meeting Andy Kendall (113th President) and Mike Dean (Current Secretary) presented a display of the pictures, information and fascinating stories discovered by them and Stephen Howe (110th President) during the researching of the history for the exhibition This first set of pages was that created specifically to support the exhibition Robert Drane Founder and 24th President Thomas Henry Thomas, Artist, Naturalist and 16th President Eleanor Vachell, Pioneer Female Botanist and 64th President Mary E Gillham, A Dedicated Naturalist and 96th President Colonel H. Morrey Salmon, Nature Photographer and 72nd President See our Full list of Presidents Other Pictures from our Archive Pictures on these pages unless otherwise credited are from Morrey Salmon, Dr Mary Gillham, Andy Kendall but mostly from unknown members of the society, or copies of information from the society and related archives. These additional pages added since the exhibition opening provide information that we have sourced and collated regarding a number of our early presidents. Inspired by the succesful reception of the Exhibition at the Cardiff Story Museum, it was intended to continue this effort through our 150th year, and this project has been substantially completed on the 8th of April 2018 so the goal was met. it is worth noting at this point that decisions have been made in relation to living people and we have only placed a page on-line if they have agreed to it, and some have not yet decided or not agreed to what they would like to be shown. it is also worth noting that as in any project of this scope it is almost certain that there are some omissions or errors and for that I (Andy Kendall) take full responsibility and would ask that you contact me through the email or phone details on the contacts page and I will be happy to revise whatever needs revision. Also, if on reading any of this you feel that you have additional information on any of these people or events that you would like to share we would very much like to hear from you. William Adams First President Franklen G Evans Second President John Walter Lukis Third and 5th President William Taylor 4th President Col. Thomas Picton Turbervill 6th President Henry Heywood 7th and 14th President Louis Tylor 8th President Clement Waldron 9th President George E. Robinson 10th President William Galloway (later Sir William Galloway) 11th President Peter Price the founder of the Free Library and 12th President Charles Tanfield Vachell 13th, 19th and 26th President Principal John Viriamu Jones 15th President William Ronnfeldt 17th President John Gavey (later Sir John Gavey) 18th President Charles Whitmell 20th President Edwin Seward 21st President Robert William Atkinson 22nd and 54th President Rev. Canon Charles James Thompson 23rd President John Tatham Thompson 25th President Prof. William Newton Parker 27th President Joshua John Neale 28th and 45th President Charles Henry James 29th President Donald Rose Paterson 30th and 52nd President Thomas William Proger 31st and 55th President Philip Rhys Griffiths 32nd President Principal Ernest Howard Griffiths 33rd President Prof. John Berry Haycraft 34th President Principal Albert Howard Trow 35th and 47th President Archibald Brown 36th President Ven. Archdeacon David Davies 37th President William Savage Boulton 38th President Alfred William Sheen 39th President Edgar Philip Perman 40th President John W. Rodger 41st President Howard Mountjoy Hallett 42nd President John Grimes 43rd President William Evans Hoyle 44th President Harry Edgar Salmon 46th President Daniel Sibbering-Jones 48th President Gilbert David Shepherd 49th President Thomas Andrews Walker 50th President Professor Arthur Hubert Cox 51st President Geoffrey C.S.Ingram 53rd President Frederick John North 56th President Sir Cyril Fred Fox 57th President Walter Medley Tattersall 58th President Archibald Henry Lee 59th President W. P. James 60th President Ivor P. Jones 61st President Morley Havelock Neale 62nd President Harold Augustus Hyde 63rd President Sir James Frederick Rees 65th President Frank Bird 66th President Victor Earle Nash-Williams 67th President Henry John Randall 68th President Dennis H. Morgan 69th President Colin Matheson 70th President William Rees. 71st President Aubrey H. Jenkins 73rd President David Dilwyn John 74th President Arthur J Richard 75th President Edward Lewis 76th President Arthur Edward Wade 77th President Phillip Andrews 78th President Lionel F. Cowley 79th President William Nelmes 80th President Edith M Sheppard 81st President Hubert Newman Savory 82nd President James Brough 83rd President G. T. "Jeff" Jefferson 84th President Edgar T. Shepherd 85th President Henry Hughes 86th President Mary Patricia Moore 87th President Col. Sir Cennydd George Traherne 88th President Lt Col. R. J. H. Lloyd 89th President Michael Frederick Claridge 90th President Dr. Werner K. Bernfeld 91st President Elizabeth Harriet (Hettie) Edwards 92nd President Harman A. Bowen 93rd President William Nelmes 94th President W. G. Hopkins 95th President Henry Royston Loyn 97th President Stephen G. Harrison 98th President Kenneth W. Henshall 99th President Joyce Lloyd 100th President Mairead Sutherland 101st President Stephen Pritchard 102nd President Ralph Hall 103rd President Peter Ferns 104th President Ilid E Anthony 105 President Jeremy Knight 106th President Professor Harold K. Lloyd 107th President Douglas Anthony Bassett 108th President Alan Roy Perry 109th President Stephen Richard Howe 110th President Jeff P. Curtis 111th President Cynthia M. Merrett 112th President Andrew Kendall 113th President Linda E Nottage 114th President Michael Sullivan (?1932 - 2003) 115th President Joan Andrews 116th President Patricia Wood 117th President Roger Milton 118th President Christopher Franks 119th President Anthony Campbell 120th President As an additional index we are now able to provide a partial list of the officers of the sections The bulk of these pages are created by Andy Kendall 113th President, and I take personal responsibility for any errors or omissions in the pages. If you do find any such, then please contact me via the publicity officer link on the contacts page. Key research source links used throughout these pages are thanked where noted in the pages and and especially include the following resources used more generally throughout: - Useful links are: - Welsh Journals including our transactions The excellent scanned archives maintained by the National Library of Wales have been invaluable in providing primary sources for many things which otherwise I have not been able to find confirmation of, and have allowed the presidential history pages to be rounded out from the often limited obituaries that we have in our transactions and newsletters. Another excellent resource is the Glamorgan Archives where we have deposited many of our historical documents for safe keeping for the future. If you want to read about the ways we study the wildlife and environment of the Cardiff area and its surroundings, and about the talks we have about the wildlife of the world, and find the programme of talks, walks and other events that we do then please take a look at our main website, our blog and our facebook and twitter feeds for up to date news |