Jourdain Society
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The Jourdain Society is a United Kingdom
based society, founded by and for oologists, or egg-collectors, its aims being ‘for the advancement of the science of oology’. Originally the British Oological Association, it changed its name in 1946, in memory of distinguished ornithologist and oologist Francis Jourdain
(1865-1940).
United Kingdom
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based society, founded by and for oologists, or egg-collectors, its aims being ‘for the advancement of the science of oology’. Originally the British Oological Association, it changed its name in 1946, in memory of distinguished ornithologist and oologist Francis Jourdain
Francis Charles Robert Jourdain
The Reverend Francis Charles Robert Jourdain , M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., was a notable British amateur ornithologist and oologist...
(1865-1940).