Congratulations to the Canadian Entomologist on this, its sesquicentennial anniversary!

Citation

Floate, K.D., Huber, D. (2018). Congratulations to the Canadian Entomologist on this, its sesquicentennial anniversary!. The Canadian Entomologist, [online] 150(1), 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2017.64

Plain language summary

“For a long time, the wielders of the butterfly net and beetle bottle in Canada have been longing for some medium of intercommunication–some mode of telling one another what they have taken, how and where they have taken it, and what they are in want of. This desire the Entomological Society purpose now to satisfy to some extent by the publication of the Canadian Entomologist… we hope and believe, too confidently, perhaps, it may be – that it will by and by grow and increase, and acquire goodly dimensions, and become a handsome and valuable exponent of the progress of the Entomological Science in this Dominion…” (Bethune 1868)

These were the words from Charles James Stewart Bethune, the Editor-in-Chief, in the opening pages of the first issue of The Canadian Entomologist (TCE), published in August of 1868. How pleased he would be to learn that on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the journal, it continues to flourish and now serves a global audience. Initially having a mainly regional focus, TCE is now the official journal of the Entomological Society of Canada and has undergone a series of changes throughout its long history – both in scope and extent. The intent of this editorial is to capture the flavour of these changes, by providing a historical retrospective of the first 150 years of the journal with an eye towards guiding its continued success into the future.

Abstract

"For a long time, the wielders of the butterfly net and beetle bottle in Canada have been longing for some medium of intercommunication some mode of telling one another what they have taken, how and where they have taken it, and what they are in want of. This desire the Entomological Society purpose now to satisfy to some extent by the publication of the Canadian Entomologist⋯ we hope and believe, too confidently, perhaps, itmay be - that it will by and by grow and increase, and acquire goodly dimensions, and become a handsome and valuable exponent of the progress of the Entomological Science in this Dominion⋯" (Bethune 1868).

Publication date

2018-02-01

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