Table 6: Curators of the Club's Museums:
Stratford
1898-1917 William COLE
1917-1948 Percy THOMPSON
1948-1952 E. E. SYMS
1952-1953 S.WALLER
1953-1956 Committee of Volunteers
1956 Kenneth MARSHALL (appointed by Governors as Borough Official)
Chingford
Queen Elizabeth's Lodge
1895, November: Opened with William COLE, Curator.
1917-1948 Percy THOMPSON.
1926-1936. assisted by Miss Vera OXLEY,
After 1947, Mr. J. ROSS
1948-1960 B. T. WARD, when the City Corporation took over the Museum contents
and provided a paid Curator.
Table 7. Hon. EDITORS of the ESSEX NATURALIST
1880-1887 (Proceedings & Transactions)
1909 Miller CHRISTY
1919-1946 Percy THOMPSON
1947 Frank JANE
1948-1949 Frank JANE - C. Bignalll PRATT
1950-1959 C. Bignall PRATT
1960-1962 William YOUNG
1963-1969 Alwyne WHEELER
1970-1972 Edward B. PINNIGER
1973-1974 David CORKE
Table 8: PUBLICATIONS of the ESSEX FIELD CLUB
(a) The "TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS", 1881-92, and the 'ESSEX
NATURALIST", 1887 onwards.
(b) SPECIAL MEMOIRS:
(i) Report on the East Anglian Earthquake of 1884. By Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S. and
Wm. White. Published 1885.
(ii) The Birds of Essex. By Miller Christy, F.L.S. Published 1890.
(iii) The Mammals, Reptiles and Fishes of Essex. By Henry Laver, F.L.S., F.S.A.
Published 1898.
(iv) A History of the Mineral Water and Medicinal Springs of the County of Essex. By
Miller Christy, F.L.S., and Miss May Thresh. Published 1910. 73 pp., with fron-
tispiece and 7 illustrations in text.
(v) Pre-history in Essex, as recorded in the Journal of the Essex Field Club. By S. Haz-
zledine Warren, F.G.S., etc. Published 1918. 44pp.
(vi) The Mycetozoa: A Short History of their Study in Britain; an Account of their Habits
generally, and a List of Species recorded from Essex. By Guilielma Lister, F.L.S.
Published 1918. 54 pp.
(vii) A Short History of the Essex Field Club, 1880-1930. By Percy Thompson, F.L.S.
Published 1930. 14 pp. and 4 plates.
(viii) The Clay Tobacco-Pipe in Britain, with special reference to Essex. By Laurence S.
Harley, F.S.A. Published 1963. 40 pp. and 8 plates. Reprinted 1975 with addition.
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