Herbert Stevens Explained

Herbert Stevens
Birth Date:	27 January 1877
Birth Place:	Greetland, Yorkshire
Death Place:	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Field:	Ornithology Entomology

Herbert Stevens (27 January 1877 – 1 June 1964) was a British ornithologist and entomologist.^{[1] [2]}

Stevens' regular employment was as a tea-planter. He left the U.K. in 1901 to work in India, and became the manager of the Gopaldhara Tea Estate in Darjeeling.^{[3] [4]}

In 1921 Stevens returned to live in the U.K., settling at Tring, Hertfordshire with his wife Amy. From time to time in later life Stevens traveled as a naturalist, for example taking part in the Sladen-Godman Expedition to Tonkin [northern Vietnam] in 1925 and the Kelley-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition to China in 1928.^[5] 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.^[6]

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)^[7]
• "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)^[8]
• "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)^[9]
• "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)^[10]
• "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)^[11]
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1939 England and Wales Register for Herbert Stevens . 11 April 2023 . www.ancestry.co.uk.
2. Probate Calendar for England (1964): Stevens, Herbert died 1 June 1964 (page 733). Accessed through probatesearch.service.gov.uk
3. Web site: Moore . Amberley . February 2023 . Herbert Stevens (1877-1964): Collector, Benefactor and Enigma . 11 April 2023 . British Ornithologists' Club.
4. Book: Thacker's Indian Directory [Tea Estates: Darjeeling: Gopaldhara Tea Estate] ]. Thacker's Directories, Ltd. . 1918 . Calcutta . 159.
5. Web site: Stevens, Herbert (fl. 1925-1932) . 11 April 2023 . JSTOR Global Plants.
6. Sanborn . Colin Campbell . 1932 . Mammals of the Suydam Cutting Sikkim Expedition . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 36 . 181–187 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
7. Stevens . Herbert . 1923 . Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas [part i] ]. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 29 . 1 . 503–518 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
8. Stevens . Herbert . 1923 . Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part ii . The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 29 . 3 . 723–740 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
9. Stevens . Herbert . 1923 . Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part iii . The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 29 . 4 . 1007–1030 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
10. Stevens . Herbert . 1924 . Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part iv . The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 30 . 1 . 54–71 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
11. Stevens . Herbert . 1924 . Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas, part v . The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 30 . 2 . 352–379 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.