Arthur Dendy
Arthur Dendy (born January 20, 1865 in Manchester , † March 24, 1925 in London ) was a British zoologist .
Life
Dendy studied zoology at Owens College in Manchester with a master's degree in 1887 and a doctorate (D.Sc.) in 1891. There he also worked on marine sponges from the Challenger expedition and he worked at the Natural History Museum . In 1888 he became a demonstrator and assistant lecturer at the University of Melbourne , where he continued his work on marine sponges. He identified over 2000 sponges as part of the Port Phillip Biological Survey and first described 87 new species. In 1893 he became professor at Canterbury College in Christchurch , in 1903 professor of biology at the University of Cape Town and in 1905 at King's College London . He died of appendicitis after an operation.
In addition to sponges, for which he was considered an expert, he examined terrestrial invertebrates in Victoria (Australia) such as flatworms (family Planariidae) and the stumpworm Peripatus .
From 1911 to 1916 he was president of the Quekett Microscopical Club . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society of London .
His sister was the social reformer Helen Bosanquet (1860-1925).
Web links
- Australian Dictionary of Biography (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Arthur Dendy: Observations on the Australian species of Peripatus . In: Proceedings of The Royal Society of Victoria . tape 2 , 1889, p. 50-62 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dendy, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1925 |
| Place of death | London |