The American Naturalist

Last updated

History

Plate 1 from the first issue of the Journal, showing land snails of New England. Engraved by Edward S. Morse American Naturalist Volume 1 Plate 1.jpg
Plate 1 from the first issue of the Journal, showing land snails of New England. Engraved by Edward S. Morse

The journal was founded by Alpheus Hyatt, Edward S. Morse, Alpheus S. Packard Jr., and Frederick W. Putnam at the Essex Institute in Salem, Massachusetts. [4] The first issue appeared in print dated March 1867. [5] In 1885 the four men founded the American Naturalist Society, where in 1887 the journal was designated an official organ of the society for publication. [6]

In 1878 the journal was for sale and Edward Cope bought half the rights. He moved the journal to Philadelphia and arranged to edit it jointly with Professor Alpheus S. Packard Jr. Cope became editor-in-chief in 1887 and continued in that capacity until his death in 1897. [7]

In 1897, a group of professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Tufts University bought the rights from the Cope estate and kept the journal in publication until 1907 when J. McKeen Cattell acquired control. [6] Cattell's son Jacques became co-editor and publisher with his father in 1939. [8]

Although the ASN became increasingly involved in editing The American Naturalist through changes in 1941 and 1951, the journal remained with the Cattell family until 1968, when the University of Chicago Press took it over after Jacques Cattell's death. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "About the American Society of Naturalists". www.amnat.org. Archived from the original on 2025-05-26. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  2. ↑ Rudolf, Volker H. W. (2023-01-01). "Letter from the Editor" . The American Naturalist. 201 (1): ii–ii. doi:10.1086/723171. ISSN   0003-0147.
  3. ↑ "The American Naturalist: About". The American Naturalist. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  4. ↑ Dunn, L. C. (Sep–Oct 1966). "The American Naturalist in American Biology". The American Naturalist. 100 (915): 481–492. doi:10.1086/282444. JSTOR   2459204. S2CID   83809336.
  5. ↑ "American Naturalist," in International Magazine Co., Periodicals, vol. 1, no. 1 (October-December 1917), pg. 5.
  6. 1 2 Conklin, Edwin G. (1943). "The Early History of The American Naturalist". The American Naturalist. 78 (774): 29–37. doi:10.1086/281164. S2CID   85127322.
  7. ↑ National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir of Edward Drinker Cope
  8. 1 2 American Society of Naturalists (2012). "History of the ASN" . Retrieved 5 December 2013.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.