Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Avicultural Society
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1894-
History
A small group of British and foreign bird-keeping enthusiasts met in Brighton in 1894 with a view to forming a society devoted to their interests. The newly formed society started with 52 members. In November of that year, the first issues of the society's magazine carried an editorial in which the joint editors proposed that members should be known as aviculturists