Herbert Stevens
British ornithologist, plant and scientific collector
About Herbert Stevens
Lived 1877 – 1964 (aged 86–87). Herbert Stevens was a British ornithologist, naturalist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Herbert Stevens (27 January 1877 – 1 June 1964) was a British ornithologist and entomologist.
Stevens' regular employment was as a tea-planter.
In 1921 Stevens returned to live in the U.K., settling at Tring, Hertfordshire with his wife Amy. In 1930–1931, Stevens participated in Charles Suydam Cutting's Expedition to Sikkim and Bengal Terai, where he collected mammal, bird and reptile specimens for the Field Museum of Chicago.
Select publications "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part i". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 29, part 1, pages 503-518 (1923) "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part ii". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 29, part 3, pages 723-740 (1923) "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part iii". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 29, part 4, pages 1007-1030 (1923) "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part iv". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 30, part 1, pages 54–71 (1924) "Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part v". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 30, part 2, pages 352-379 (1924) Through Deep Defiles to Tibetan Uplands: The Travels of a Naturalist from the Irrawaddy to the Yangtse. Published by H., F. and G. Witherby, London (1934)
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British ornithologist, plant and scientific collector (1877-1964)
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