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News from and about members of the Society. Please send material for inclusion to: newsletter@shnh.org
The Society is delighted to publish the following biographical details of our new representatives for South Africa, Ireland and Japan, to whom Council extends a warm welcome. The International Representatives do sterling work in promoting the Society’s interests and activities in their areas, and Council much appreciates the efforts they make on the Society’s behalf.
Dr Leigh Bregman is an honorary research associate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His PhD, from UCL, was on the history of scientific societies in the Cape colony in the 1820s and 1830s and his research remains focused on the early nineteenth century Cape. He is presently investigating three related topics: first, the activities of the naturalist and explorer Dr Andrew Smith; second, the place of science in the emergence of civil society in Cape Town; and third, the natural history specimen trade at the Cape. He is also interested in the history of science and technology more generally.
D. Leigh D. Bregman
Research Associate
Department Philosophy
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson has been Curator of Geology at Trinity College, Dublin since 1988. There he lectures in palaeontology and the history of geology, has responsibility for the geological holdings, the earliest of which date from the late 1700s, and maintains the departmental Library. His research interests include Palaeozoic bryozoans, the history of science in Ireland, and Irelan2/5/07ional Commission on the History of Geology (INHIGEO), the present Chairman and editor of the Geological Curators' Group, and the Editor of Earth Sciences History. His recent publications include Annals of Bryozoology (2002) which was based on a SHNH meeting in 2001. He is currently completing a book on investigations into the age of the Earth and another on Geological Travellers.
Dr Patrick N. Wyse Jackson
Curator and Librarian
Department of Geology
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland
Professor Takeshi Watabe has been a lecturer at Tokai University, Japan since 1983 where he lectures on the Cultural History of China. Professor Watabe is also a Visiting Professor at the Chinese Agricultural Museum, China, a Member of Cooperative Study at the Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, University of Foreign Studies,Tokyo and a Visiting Instructor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University. His recent publications include "The traditional culture and life technology in Sichuan province" (2003) and the "Illustrated records of the traditional implements of Southwest China" (2000). Professor Watabe can be contacted on: watabe@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp
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