Person PX2663 Harting; James Edmund Fotherington (1841-1928); Ornithologist Harting James Edmund Fotherington 1841-1928 Ornithologist Male CX5937

Edgewood, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom

James Edmund Harting was the eldest son of James Vincent Harting and Alexine Milne Fotheringham. He was educated at Downside Abbey and the University of London and spent much of his youth traveling extensively on the Continent, including time spent at the Museums in Paris and Leiden. Passing all the exams for a solicitor except for criminal law, he worked diligently at his profession from 1868 to 1878 but eventually turned to natural history and writing. He wrote his first article for The Field on 13 March 1869 and remained on the staff for fifty years, becoming editor of the Naturalist Department in 1871 and later editor of the Shooting Department in addition to his other regular duties. By 1920 he had contributed 2,326 articles as well as 124 obituary notices to The Field, in addition to innumerable "Answers to Correspondents" which he wrote on Natural History, Falconry, Angling, the Country House, Shooting, Antiquarian, and Legal issues. His personal library was replete with books of reference and legal authorities. It was said there was nothing—either printed or manuscript—which he could not lay his hand on when needed. Harting edited The Zoologist from 1877 to 1896 and was probably the best living authority on British birds at that time. He was the Assistant Secretary and Librarian to the Linnean Society of Burlington House, London and received numerous awards and recognitions during his lifetime, as well as being a member of numerous natural history societies. He was an Elected Fellow of the Linnæan Society; a Life member of the Zoological Society; Member of the British Ornithologists' Union and a Corresponding Member of the American Ornithologists Union. In 1880 he was awarded a Silver Medal by the Acclimatisation Society of France "for publications". Tring correspondent The Birds of Middlesex (1866), Rambles in Search of Shells (1876), Ostriches and Ostrich Farming (1877), British Animals extinct within Historic Times (1880) and A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern relating to Falconry (1891). Yes Idealist Import 4namepers.txt 28/02/2004 NHM\laurb5 08/01/2019 734fcce6-af6c-445f-b001-0dbb3a32b779