DONCASTER SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Founded 1880
Founded 1880
1955-56 Seventy Seventh Session
President – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc.
Vice-Presidents – L. Smith; A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S.; Dr. J. S. Allen; L. G. F. Waddington;
Committee – Miss E. Dufty, Mrs. A. C. Beldon; B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., J. E. Day; Mrs. M. Moorhouse; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; Mrs. E. M. Morehouse; C. A. Anker; E. F. Gilmour, A.M.A., M.S.B.E.; G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S.
Hon. Scientific Secretary – Dr. S. P. Rowlands, “Abberville,” 44 Beckett Road, Doncaster.
Hon Treasurer – Miss O. Todd, 26 Firbeck Road, Doncaster
Hon. General Secretary – Miss N. E. Laughton, 30 Upper Oxford Street, Doncaster.
Committee – Miss E. Dufty, Mrs. A. C. Beldon; B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., J. E. Day; Mrs. M. Moorhouse; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; Mrs. E. M. Morehouse; C. A. Anker; E. F. Gilmour, A.M.A., M.S.B.E.; G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S.
Hon. Scientific Secretary – Dr. S. P. Rowlands, “Abberville,” 44 Beckett Road, Doncaster.
Hon Treasurer – Miss O. Todd, 26 Firbeck Road, Doncaster
Hon. General Secretary – Miss N. E. Laughton, 30 Upper Oxford Street, Doncaster.
Recorders for Sections
Archaeology – B. Cuttriss, J. E. Day, M.A., L. Smith, W. Hardy Steele.
Astronomy – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., R. F. Turton
Botany – Misses. E. Dufty, K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., I. McLean, D. Spalton, Messrs. A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S.; Dr. J. S. Allen, Dr. S. P. Rowlands.
Photography – C. A. Anker; B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; F. A. Jordan, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S.
Physics – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.
Zoology – (Entomology) – E. F. Gilmour, A.M.A., M.S.B.E., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., L. G. F. Waddington.
Archaeology – B. Cuttriss, J. E. Day, M.A., L. Smith, W. Hardy Steele.
Astronomy – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S., R. F. Turton
Botany – Misses. E. Dufty, K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., I. McLean, D. Spalton, Messrs. A. A. Dallman, A.L.S., F.C.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S.; Dr. J. S. Allen, Dr. S. P. Rowlands.
Photography – C. A. Anker; B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.; B. Cuttriss, B.E.M.; F. A. Jordan, A.R.P.S., F.Z.S.
Physics – B. Burrell, F.R.A.S.
Zoology – (Entomology) – E. F. Gilmour, A.M.A., M.S.B.E., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., L. G. F. Waddington.
(Fresh-Water Biology) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc.
(Mollusca) – Mrs. E. M. Morehouse, A. S. Cook.
(Vertebrates) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., M. P. Salmond.
(Mollusca) – Mrs. E. M. Morehouse, A. S. Cook.
(Vertebrates) – Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc., G. E. Hyde, F.R.E.S., E. Lee, F.R.H.S., M. P. Salmond.
| Date | Subject | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 29 (Thurs.) | Conversazione & Exhibition | |
| Oct 12 | Presidential Address : “On Four Wheels in Europe” (L.) | Miss K. M. Morehouse, B.Sc. |
| Oct 26 | “Our Vanishing Wild Flowers” (L.O.) | Miss C. M. Robb, F.L.S. |
| Nov 23 | Short Papers | |
| Dec 7 | “The Herschels” (L.O.) | S. W. Mitchell of the Leeds Astronomical Soc.) |
| Jan 11 | “Bye-Ways in the Study of Coleoptera” | Rev. T. Basil Kitchen |
| Feb 1 | “The Minster Library, York, with Particular Reference to Early Scientific Books” (O.L.) | Miss E. Brunskill, B.A. |
| Feb 20 (Mon.) | “The Folk-Lore of British Birds” (O.) | Rev. E. A. Armstrong |
| Mar 14 | “The History of Timekeeping” | R. F. Turton |
| Annual General Meeting Notes and Records |
Ordinary Meetings are held in the Art Gallery, Waterdale on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
L. Lantern Lecture.
O. Open Meeting