The Society for the History of Natural History would like to
announce the details of the 2010 Stearn Student Essay Competition, and would be
grateful of you would circulate this information to any students who might be
interested in entering the competition.
The Society for the History of Natural History
invites submissions to the William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize
Competition. The prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished,
essay in the field of history of natural history. It is named in honour
of the late William T. Stearn, a scholar whose work contributed much to the
field and to the Society.
The competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students in full or
part-time education. Entries will be considered by a panel of three
judges appointed by the Council of the Society. The winner will receive
£300 and be offered membership of the Society for one year. The winning
essay will normally be published in the Society's journal Archives of natural history.
The deadline for entries is 30 June 2010.
The Prize
Rules and Entry
Form are available for download as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files at The
William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize 2010. No essay
will be considered without an accompanying entry form and proof of student
status.
The 2009 Stearn Prize
Essay, “The
mighty cassowary: the discovery and demise of the
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the Society by
Lynda Brooks (SHNH Honorary Secretary)
Librarian and Linnaeus
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