The Zoological Journal
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The Zoological Journal was an early nineteenth century quarterly publication devoted to Zoology
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It consists of "Original Communications, Translations of new and interesting Papers from Foreign sources and notices of new and remarkable facts in any way connected with Zoology" Gentlemen’s Magazine 1823.
The Zoological Journal was published in London by W. Philips.The editors were Thomas Bell
, John George Children
, James De Carle Sowerby
, George Brettingham Sowerby and (later) Nicholas Aylward Vigors
.Founded by a splinter group of the Linnean Society who favoured the Quinarian system
.It was short-lived.
The parts are: Volume 1 1824-1825, Volume 2 1825-1826, Volume 3 1827-1828, Volume 4 1828-1829, Volume 5 1832-1834. (No issues 1830-1831)
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
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It consists of "Original Communications, Translations of new and interesting Papers from Foreign sources and notices of new and remarkable facts in any way connected with Zoology" Gentlemen’s Magazine 1823.
The Zoological Journal was published in London by W. Philips.The editors were Thomas Bell
Thomas Bell (zoologist)
Thomas Bell FRS was an English zoologist, surgeon and writer, born in Poole, Dorset, UK.Bell, like his mother Susan, took a keen interest in natural history which his mother also encouraged in his younger cousin Philip Henry Gosse. Bell left Poole in 1813 for his training as a dental surgeon in...
, John George Children
John George Children
John George Children was a British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist.Children studied at Queens' College, Cambridge. In 1822 he was working as a librarian in the Department of Antiquities at the British Museum when he was appointed assistant keeper of the Natural History Department in succession...
, James De Carle Sowerby
James De Carle Sowerby
James De Carle Sowerby was a British mineralogist and illustrator. He received an education in chemistry.He continued his father's work and published, together with his brother George Brettingham Sowerby I, the latter volumes of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, begun by their...
, George Brettingham Sowerby and (later) Nicholas Aylward Vigors
Nicholas Aylward Vigors
Nicholas Aylward Vigors was an Irish zoologist and politician.Vigors was born at Old Leighlin, County Carlow. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the army during the Peninsular War from 1809 to 1811. He then returned to Oxford, graduating with a B.A. in 1815 and in 1817 with an...
.Founded by a splinter group of the Linnean Society who favoured the Quinarian system
Quinarian system
The Quinarian system was a method of zoological classification which had a brief period of popularity in the mid 19th century, especially among British naturalists. It was largely developed by the entomologist W. S. MacLeay in 1819. The system was followed by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and William...
.It was short-lived.
The parts are: Volume 1 1824-1825, Volume 2 1825-1826, Volume 3 1827-1828, Volume 4 1828-1829, Volume 5 1832-1834. (No issues 1830-1831)