Catalogue description Papers of PROFESSOR HUMPHREY HEWER, C.B.E. (1903 - 1974)

The papers include many drawings and photographs by Professor Hewer and his colleagues for various wildlife films or to illustrate their written work. These drawings and photographs will be found throughout the collection with the particular subject which Hewer was investigating. Likewise, Professor Hewer kept correspondence referring to specific topics with the relevant data and this arrangement has been retained.

I. Biographical 1 - 12

II. Notebooks and journals 13 - 40

III. Working papers 41 - 87

IV. Committees and societies 88 - 106

V. Lectures 107 - 131

VI. Publications 132 - 164

VII. Films, photographs and drawing 165 - 198

Listed by: Jeannine Alton and Harriot Weiskittel

Professor Hewer's early work on Burnet Moths was deposited in the Archives of Imperial College when he was Professor of Zoology.

Hewer, Humphrey Robert, 1903-1974, scientist and zoologist

Professor Hewer's papers were received from Mrs. O. Hewer.

Two box files of committee papers were in the collection. Professor Hewer's own notes, correspondence and annotated papers have been retained but duplicated material (agenda, minutes, newsletters etc) has been discarded. A list of these committees and societies appears in Section IV.

• Zoology

b.1903

1920 entered Imperial College

1923 Beit Fellowship

1926 - 37 Lecturer in Zoology, Imperial College

1927 m. Olive Mary La Trobe Stooke

1937 - 64 Assistant Professor and Reader in Zoology, Imperial College

1941 - 45 Chief Rodent Officer, Ministry of Food

1959 Secretary-General of International Congress of Zoology

1959 O.B.E.

1964 - 70 Professor of Zoology in the University of London (conferred by decree)

1965 - 74 Chairman, Advisory Committee, Infestation Control Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

1967 - 74 Chairman of Farm Animals Welfare Committee of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

1971 C.B.E.

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