Albany Hancock
Albany Hancock (born December 24, 1806 in Newcastle upon Tyne ; † January 21, 1873 ibid) was a British zoologist who mainly dealt with mollusks and tunicates .
Life
Hancock, who came from a family of blacksmiths and saddlers, was a solicitor . After his apprenticeship he worked in London and from 1830 back in Newcastle. He was with Joshua Alder in 1829 the founder of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne. Later he gave up his profession as a lawyer and devoted himself only to zoology.
With his friend Alder he wrote a multi-volume monograph on nudibranchs for the Ray Society and also a monograph on British tunicates that appeared after both of them died. He had his legal practice in the same house where Alder had his shop. Both described numerous new species and genera.
He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (1862) and a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London and an honorary member of the Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna. In 1858 he received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society . Hancock corresponded with scientists such as Charles Darwin , Thomas Henry Huxley and Richard Owen and published around 70 scientific papers. He was a skilled anatomist and draftsman.
family
His brother John Hancock (1808–1890) was also a naturalist (ornithologist). The unmarried brothers lived with their sister and built a collection that is now in the Hancock Museum in Newcastle, across from their former home. It was originally the Museum of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and was named in honor of the brothers in 1891. His father was a naturalist who left his sons with a natural history library and collection (plants, insects, conchylia).
literature
- with J. Alder: A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species, 7 parts, Ray Society 1845 to 1855 (part 8 as a supplement by C. Eliot 1910)
- with J. Alder: The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph, by the late Joshua Alder and the late Albany Hancock, editor John Hopkinson , 3 volumes, Ray Society 1905, 1907, 1912
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hancock, Albany |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1873 |
| Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne |