Seth Lister Mosley (1847 - 1929)

Seth Lister Mosley

Seth Lister Mosley was a British artist, naturalist and ornithologist.

Although Mosley had no specialized training, he came from a naturalist's family and from a young age was involved in the study of natural history. He visited almost every museum in Britain and became one of the foremost British naturalists in the late nineteenth century.

Mosley was widely known as a taxidermist, illustrator, naturalist, magazine editor, and newspaper columnist. He managed several private museums in Huddersfield before being appointed Keeper of Collections at Huddersfield Technical College, and in 1922 he became the first curator of the Tolson Memorial Museum.