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{{short description|British entomologist (1902-1979)}}
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'''Sidnie Milana Manton''', [[Linnean Society of London|FLS]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Blower|first=J. Gordon|date=March 1979|title=Obituary: Sidnie Manton|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/278490b0.pdf|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=278|issue=5703|pages=490–491|doi=10.1038/278490b0|bibcode=1979Natur.278..490B|s2cid=4260606|issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Fryer | first1 = G. | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1980.0010 | title = Sidnie Milana Manton. 4 May 1902 – 2 January 1979 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 26 | pages = 327–356| year = 1980 | doi-access = free }}</ref> (4 May 1902 – 2 January 1979) was an influential British zoologist. She is known for making advances in the field of functional [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fryer|first=G|date=1980-11-30|title=Sidnie Milana Manton, 4 May 1902 - 2 January 1979|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|language=en|volume=26|pages=327–356|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1980.0010|issn=0080-4606|doi-access=free}}</ref> She is regarded as being one of the most outstanding zoologists of the twentieth century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/women-of-cambridge/dr-sidnie-manton|title=Dr Sidnie Manton|date=2019-10-01|website=www.lib.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref>
'''Sidnie Milana Manton''' {{small|[[Linnean Society of London|FLS]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Blower|first=J. Gordon|date=March 1979|title=Obituary: Sidnie Manton|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/278490b0.pdf|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=278|issue=5703|pages=490–491|doi=10.1038/278490b0|bibcode=1979Natur.278..490B|s2cid=4260606|issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Fryer | first1 = G. | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1980.0010 | title = Sidnie Milana Manton. 4 May 1902 – 2 January 1979 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 26 | pages = 327–356| year = 1980 | s2cid = 71552713 | doi-access = }}</ref>}} (4 May 1902 – 2 January 1979) was an influential British zoologist. She is known for making advances in the field of functional [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fryer|first=G|date=1980-11-30|title=Sidnie Milana Manton, 4 May 1902 - 2 January 1979|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|language=en|volume=26|pages=327–356|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1980.0010|s2cid=71552713|issn=0080-4606|doi-access=}}</ref> She is regarded as being one of the most outstanding zoologists of the twentieth century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/women-of-cambridge/dr-sidnie-manton|title=Dr Sidnie Manton|date=2019-10-01|website=www.lib.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, [[London]] the daughter of a descendant of French aristocracy and a dentist. She was educated at the [[Froebel Demonstration School]] and at [[St. Paul's Girls' School]] before joining [[Girton College, Cambridge]] in 1921.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ogilvie|first1=Marilyn Bailey|title=The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00ogil|url-access=limited|last2=Harvey|first2=Joy Dorothy|publisher=Routledge|year=2000|isbn=0-415-92038-8|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00ogil/page/n930 839]–840|oclc=40776839}}</ref> While at Girton College she was awarded the Montifiore Prize in 1925.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Toogood|first1=Mark|last2=Waterton|first2=Claire|last3=Heim|first3=Wallace|date=April 2020|title=Women scientists and the Freshwater Biological Association, 1929–1950|url=http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/23540/|journal=Archives of Natural History|language=en|volume=47|issue=1|pages=16–28|doi=10.3366/anh.2020.0618|issn=0260-9541}}</ref> She came top of the class list, but was not awarded the prize that that position usually brings, because women were not at that time officially members of Cambridge University.<ref name="The Girton Year">{{cite journal |last1=Clifford |first1=Elizabeth |title=Charting a Vanishing World |journal=The Year: Annual Review of Girton College |date=2021 |pages=27–31}}</ref>
Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, [[London]] the daughter of a descendant of French aristocracy and a dentist. She was educated at the [[Froebel Demonstration School]] and at [[St. Paul's Girls' School]] before joining [[Girton College, Cambridge]] in 1921.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ogilvie|first1=Marilyn Bailey|title=The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00ogil|url-access=limited|last2=Harvey|first2=Joy Dorothy|publisher=Routledge|year=2000|isbn=0-415-92038-8|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00ogil/page/n930 839]–840|oclc=40776839}}</ref> While at Girton College she was awarded the Montifiore Prize in 1925.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Toogood|first1=Mark|last2=Waterton|first2=Claire|last3=Heim|first3=Wallace|date=April 2020|title=Women scientists and the Freshwater Biological Association, 1929–1950|url=http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/23540/|journal=Archives of Natural History|language=en|volume=47|issue=1|pages=16–28|doi=10.3366/anh.2020.0618|s2cid=204475518 |issn=0260-9541}}</ref> She came top of the class list, but was not awarded the prize that that position usually brings, because women were not at that time officially members of Cambridge University.<ref name="The Girton Year">{{cite journal |last1=Clifford |first1=Elizabeth |title=Charting a Vanishing World |journal=The Year: Annual Review of Girton College |date=2021 |pages=27–31}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Manton initially worked as an Alfred Yarrow Research Student at [[Girton College, Cambridge]], and later was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science (ScD) title from Cambridge University and the first woman to hold the post of Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University.<ref name="The Girton Year" /> She took part in an expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1928-1929, which was the first scientific study of any coral reef in the world. Manton was responsible for collection and preservation of specimens, particularly arthropods. The scientists, including Manton, collected unprecedented data on the reef's ecology and health, data which are still in use today.<ref name="LettersAndDiaries" /><ref name="The Girton Year" /> As her career at Cambridge University developed, she became Director of Studies in Natural Sciences, Director of Studies in Geography and Lecturer. While at Cambridge University she worked on the evolution of the [[arthropod]]s, publishing "''The Arthropoda: Habits, Functional Morphology and Evolution''" in 1977.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/7430/Manton-Sidnie-Milana.html|title=Manton, Sidnie Milana|access-date=14 July 2010|publisher=Net Industries|encyclopedia=Online Encyclopedia}}</ref>
Manton initially worked as an Alfred Yarrow Research Student at [[Girton College, Cambridge]], and later was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science (ScD) title from Cambridge University and the first woman to hold the post of Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University.<ref name="The Girton Year" /> She took part in an expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1928-1929, which was the first scientific study of any coral reef in the world. Manton was responsible for collection and preservation of specimens, particularly arthropods. The scientists, including Manton, collected unprecedented data on the reef's ecology and health, data which are still in use today.<ref name="LettersAndDiaries" /><ref name="The Girton Year" /> As her career at Cambridge University developed, she became Director of Studies in Natural Sciences, Director of Studies in Geography and Lecturer. While at Cambridge University she worked on the evolution of the [[arthropod]]s, publishing "''The Arthropoda: Habits, Functional Morphology and Evolution''" in 1977.{{cn|date=August 2022}}


Manton died on 2 January 1979. Her archives are held at the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]].,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3dc1aef9-4b7d-443f-8cc3-aa1c2fe125a0|title=The Papers of Sidnie Milana Manton (1902-1979)|date=21 April 2020|website=nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref> and a collection of her letters and Diaries were published in 2020 <ref name="LettersAndDiaries">{{cite book |last1=Manton |first1=Sidnie |editor1-last=Clifford |editor1-first=Elizabeth |title=Letters and Diaries Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef 1928-1929 |date=2020 |publisher=Independently published |isbn=979-8692037558}}</ref>
Manton died on 2 January 1979. Her archives are held at the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]].,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3dc1aef9-4b7d-443f-8cc3-aa1c2fe125a0|title=The Papers of Sidnie Milana Manton (1902-1979)|date=21 April 2020|website=nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref> and a collection of her letters and Diaries were published in 2020 <ref name="LettersAndDiaries">{{cite book |last1=Manton |first1=Sidnie |editor1-last=Clifford |editor1-first=Elizabeth |title=Letters and Diaries Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef 1928-1929 |date=2020 |publisher=Independently published |isbn=979-8692037558}}</ref>


==Honours and Awards==
==Honours and awards==
She was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in March 1948, one of the first women to receive this honour.<ref name="frs"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/Lists-of-Royal-Society-Fellows-1660-2007/ |title=Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007 |publisher=The Royal Society |access-date=14 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324095152/http://royalsociety.org/Lists-of-Royal-Society-Fellows-1660-2007/ |archive-date=March 24, 2010 }}</ref> She was also a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and was awarded a Gold Medal by the Linnean Society in 1963. In 1968, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Lund]] in 1968.<ref name="The Girton Year" /> The [[Zoological Society of London]] awarded her the [[Frink Medal]] in 1977 for "the advances made by her towards the understanding of arthropod evolution.".<ref name="The Girton Year" />
She was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in March 1948, one of the first women to receive this honour.<ref name="frs"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/Lists-of-Royal-Society-Fellows-1660-2007/ |title=Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007 |publisher=The Royal Society |access-date=14 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324095152/http://royalsociety.org/Lists-of-Royal-Society-Fellows-1660-2007/ |archive-date=March 24, 2010 }}</ref> She was also a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and was awarded a Gold Medal by the Linnean Society in 1963. In 1968, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Lund]] in 1968.<ref name="The Girton Year" /> The [[Zoological Society of London]] awarded her the [[Frink Medal]] in 1977 for "the advances made by her towards the understanding of arthropod evolution.".<ref name="The Girton Year" />


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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Manton's sister was the botanist Professor [[Irene Manton]] FRS. Manton married [[John Philip Harding]] in 1937. They had one son and one daughter.
Manton's sister was the botanist Professor [[Irene Manton]] FRS. Manton married [[John Philip Harding]] in 1937. They had one son and one daughter.{{cn|date=August 2022}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 05:48, 26 August 2023

Sidnie Manton
Born(1902-05-04)4 May 1902
Kensington, London, England
Died2 January 1979(1979-01-02) (aged 76)
EducationSt Paul's Girls' School
Alma materGirton College, Cambridge (Sc.D., 1934)
Known forContributions to zoology, marine biology
SpouseJohn Philip Harding (m. 1937)
AwardsMontifiore Prize (1925)
Linnean Gold Medal (1963)
Frink Medal (1977)
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology, zoology
InstitutionsGirton College, Cambridge

Sidnie Milana Manton FLS[1] FRS[2] (4 May 1902 – 2 January 1979) was an influential British zoologist. She is known for making advances in the field of functional morphology.[1][3] She is regarded as being one of the most outstanding zoologists of the twentieth century.[4]

Early life[edit]

Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, London the daughter of a descendant of French aristocracy and a dentist. She was educated at the Froebel Demonstration School and at St. Paul's Girls' School before joining Girton College, Cambridge in 1921.[5] While at Girton College she was awarded the Montifiore Prize in 1925.[6] She came top of the class list, but was not awarded the prize that that position usually brings, because women were not at that time officially members of Cambridge University.[7]

Career[edit]

Manton initially worked as an Alfred Yarrow Research Student at Girton College, Cambridge, and later was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science (ScD) title from Cambridge University and the first woman to hold the post of Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University.[7] She took part in an expedition to the Great Barrier Reef in 1928-1929, which was the first scientific study of any coral reef in the world. Manton was responsible for collection and preservation of specimens, particularly arthropods. The scientists, including Manton, collected unprecedented data on the reef's ecology and health, data which are still in use today.[8][7] As her career at Cambridge University developed, she became Director of Studies in Natural Sciences, Director of Studies in Geography and Lecturer. While at Cambridge University she worked on the evolution of the arthropods, publishing "The Arthropoda: Habits, Functional Morphology and Evolution" in 1977.[citation needed]

Manton died on 2 January 1979. Her archives are held at the Natural History Museum.,[9] and a collection of her letters and Diaries were published in 2020 [8]

Honours and awards[edit]

She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1948, one of the first women to receive this honour.[2][10] She was also a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and was awarded a Gold Medal by the Linnean Society in 1963. In 1968, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lund in 1968.[7] The Zoological Society of London awarded her the Frink Medal in 1977 for "the advances made by her towards the understanding of arthropod evolution.".[7]

Together these awards demonstrate the very high esteem in which her work was held during her lifetime, but recognition has also continued after her death. In 1992, the Manton crater on Venus was named after Sidnie Manton and her sister Irene Manton.[11] In 2018 the British Ecological Society and the Journal of Animal Ecology inaugurated the Sidnie Manton Award for early career ecologists.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Manton's sister was the botanist Professor Irene Manton FRS. Manton married John Philip Harding in 1937. They had one son and one daughter.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Blower, J. Gordon (March 1979). "Obituary: Sidnie Manton" (PDF). Nature. 278 (5703): 490–491. Bibcode:1979Natur.278..490B. doi:10.1038/278490b0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4260606.
  2. ^ a b Fryer, G. (1980). "Sidnie Milana Manton. 4 May 1902 – 2 January 1979". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 26: 327–356. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1980.0010. S2CID 71552713.
  3. ^ Fryer, G (30 November 1980). "Sidnie Milana Manton, 4 May 1902 - 2 January 1979". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 26: 327–356. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1980.0010. ISSN 0080-4606. S2CID 71552713.
  4. ^ "Dr Sidnie Manton". www.lib.cam.ac.uk. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. New York: Routledge. pp. 839–840. ISBN 0-415-92038-8. OCLC 40776839.
  6. ^ Toogood, Mark; Waterton, Claire; Heim, Wallace (April 2020). "Women scientists and the Freshwater Biological Association, 1929–1950". Archives of Natural History. 47 (1): 16–28. doi:10.3366/anh.2020.0618. ISSN 0260-9541. S2CID 204475518.
  7. ^ a b c d e Clifford, Elizabeth (2021). "Charting a Vanishing World". The Year: Annual Review of Girton College: 27–31.
  8. ^ a b Manton, Sidnie (2020). Clifford, Elizabeth (ed.). Letters and Diaries Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef 1928-1929. Independently published. ISBN 979-8692037558.
  9. ^ "The Papers of Sidnie Milana Manton (1902-1979)". nationalarchives.gov.uk. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007". The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  11. ^ "Sisters make their mark on Venus". New Scientist (1848). 7 November 1992. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Sidnie Manton Award". besjournals. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2656. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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