Alpine Journal
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| Alpine Journal | |
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| Abbreviated title | Alpine J |
| Discipline | Climbing, Mountaineering |
| Language | English |
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| Publisher | (United Kingdom) |
| Publication history | 1863 to present |
| Frequency | Annual |
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| ISSN | 0065-6569 |
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The Alpine Journal is the yearly publication of the Alpine Club of London.
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[edit] History
The journal was first published on 2 March 1863 by the publishing house of Longmans in London, with Hereford Brooke George as its first editor. The journal was a replacement for Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers, which had been issued in two series: in 1858 (with John Ball as editor), and 1862 (in two volumes, with E. S. Kennedy as editor).[1]
[edit] Notable editors
- Douglas Freshfield (1872–1880)
- John Percy Farrar
- Edward Lisle Strutt (1927–1937)
[edit] References
- ^ Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, ed. Walt Unsworth, London: Allen Lane, 1981, p. 15
