Record

Code	PX289
Dates	1886-1979
Person Name	Bannerman; David Armitage (1886-1979); Associate in Bird Room, Department of Zoology at NHM
Surname	Bannerman
Forenames	David Armitage
Epithet	Associate in Bird Room, Department of Zoology at NHM
Activity	Museum Staff: Temporary staff of the Department of Zoology 1910-14, 1919-39 and 1945-50; Honorary Associate 1950-52 In 1910 he was appointed as a part-time worker in the department of Zoology to work on arranging the bird collections, a role which he continued on and off until 1950. In 1927 he was undertaking scientific work on birds and visited (and collected in) Senegal on behalf of the BM(NH). From 1928 until 1939 Bannerman worked on 'Birds of Tropical West Africa'. A book in numerous volumes that was jointly funded by the Colonial Office and BM(NH). BY 1930 the first 5 volumes of the book had been published. During his time at BM(NH) Bannerman also worked on cataloguing various collections of birds from West Africa and incorporating them into the main collections, he was also responsible for supervising the work of the artists. During WWII he was called up by the War Office to work as an Assistant Cable Censor. In 1942 he returned to writing the book although he was unable to publish any further volumes until after the war, and it was finally finished in 1947. In 1950 he was made an honorary associate of the BM(NH) to honour is work and contributions to the museum. From 1965 - 1966 he visited the Cape Verde Islands Obituary: Ibis 1979: 520-522.

Catalogue

RefNo	Title
DF/ZOO/200/119/6	Bannerman, David Armitage
DF/LIB/601/66	Bannerman, D A
DF/ZOO/200/53/30	Bannerman, David Armitage, 1886-1979 (London & Herts)
DF/ZOO/200/127/25	Bannerman, David Armitage
DF/ZOO/200/69/12	Bannerman, D (Stranraer)
DF/ZOO/230/33/13	Bannerman, Dr David A
DF/ZOO/230/33/15	Bannerman, Dr David A
DF/ZOO/206/90	Dr D A Bannerman
DF/ZOO/200/135/3	Bannerman, D A
DF/ZOO/230/33/14	Bannerman, Dr David A
DF/ZOO/230/22/150-160	Bannerman, David A and Edith M
DF/ZOO/208/79/1	Bannerman, David A
DF/ZOO/233/2/2	Letters, memoranda and lists relating to collections and equipment sent to and from the Section
DF/ZOO/252/1/6/11	Bannerman, David Armitage
DF/BOT/400/10/3	Bannerman, David Armitage (London)
DF/ADM/1004/39	D A Bannerman, ornithologist
DF/ZOO/200/71/17	Bannerman, D A (Las Palmas)
DF/TR/1/1/30/33	Bannerman, David [Armitage]
DF/ADM/1000/99	Reports and letters 1914
DF/ZOO/200/74/1	Correspondence B (personal): File 1
DF/TM/3/11/98	Correspondence: Bannerman
DF/ZOO/232/12/11/1	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1965, A-C
DF/ZOO/232/12/12/2	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1966 and 1967, B

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