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==Early life== |
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Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, [[London]] the daughter of a descendant of French aristocracy and a dentist. Her sister was the botanist Professor [[Irene Manton]] FRS. She was educated at the [[Froebel Demonstration School]] and at [[St. Paul's Girls' School]] before joining [[Girton College, Cambridge]] in 1921. While at Girton College she was awarded the Montifiore Prize in 1925.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Toogood|first=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|via=}}</ref> |
Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, [[London]] the daughter of a descendant of French aristocracy and a dentist. Her sister was the botanist Professor [[Irene Manton]] FRS. 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|last=Ogilvie|first=Marilyn Bailey|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40776839|title=The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century|last2=Harvey|first2=Joy Dorothy|publisher=Routledge|others=|year=2000|isbn=0-415-92038-8|location=New York|pages=839-840|oclc=40776839}}</ref> While at Girton College she was awarded the Montifiore Prize in 1925.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Toogood|first=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|via=}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
Revision as of 18:44, 21 April 2020
Sidnie Manton | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 January 1979 | (aged 76)
Nationality | British |
Education | St Paul's Girls' School |
Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge (Sc.D., 1934) |
Spouse | John Philip Harding (m. 1937) |
Awards | Linnean Medal (1963) Frink Medal (1977) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entomology, zoology |
Institutions | Girton College, Cambridge |
Sidnie Milana Manton, FLS[1] FRS[2] (4 May 1902 – 2 January 1979) was a 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
Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, London the daughter of a descendant of French aristocracy and a dentist. Her sister was the botanist Professor Irene Manton FRS. 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]
Career
Manton joined Cambridge University and worked on the evolution of the arthropods, publishing "The Arthropoda: Habits, Functional Morphology and Evolution" in 1977.[7]
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1948.[2][8]
Manton died on the 2nd of Januarry 1979. Her archives are held at the Natural History Museum.[9]
In 1992, the Manton crater on Venus was named after Sidnie Manton and her sister Irene Manton.[10] In 2018 the British Ecological Society and the Journal of Animal Ecology inaugurated the Sidnie Manton Award for early career ecologists.[11]
Personal life
Manton married John Philip Harding in 1937. They had one son and one daughter.
References
- ^ a b Blower, J. Gordon (March 1979). "Obituary: Sidnie Manton" (PDF). Nature. 278 (5703): 490–491. doi:10.1038/278490b0. ISSN 0028-0836.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fryer, G (1980-11-30). "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.
- ^ "Dr Sidnie Manton". www.lib.cam.ac.uk. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Manton, Sidnie Milana". Online Encyclopedia. Net Industries. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007". The Royal Society. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ "The Papers of Sidnie Milana Manton (1902-1979)". nationalarchives.gov.uk. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Sisters make their mark on Venus". New Scientist (1848). 7 November 1992. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Sidnie Manton Award". besjournals. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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