Charles Maurice Yonge
Charles Maurice Yonge (born December 9, 1899 in Silcoates School near Wakefield , † March 17, 1986 in Edinburgh ) was an English marine biologist .
Charles Maurice Yonge was born and raised in 1899 at Silcoates School near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England; his father was headmaster there. After participating in the First World War (1917–1918) he studied in Edinburgh ( B.Sc. 1922) and in Bristol ( Ph.D. 1924 and Sc.D. 1927). During this time he worked at the Navy Laboratory in Plymouth . From 1928 to 1929 he led the twelve and a half month marine biological expedition with eleven scientists to the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's east coast. From 1933 to 1944 he was Professor of Zoology at Bristol University , then until 1964 Regius Professor of Zoology at Glasgow University .
From 1945 he was a member, from 1970 to 1973 President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1946 he became a member of the British Royal Society and in 1968 he was awarded the Darwin Medal for important contributions in the field of biology , "in recognition of his many excellent contributions to evolutionary biology , especially the mollusks ".
Yonge was married twice and had three children in total. He died in Edinburgh in 1986.
literature
- The Royal Society of Edinburgh (Ed.): Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 1783-2002. Biographical Index Part Two . Edinburgh 2006, ISBN 0-902198-84-X , p. 1020 ( pdf )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The University of Glasgow Story Charles Maurice Yonge ; from the University of Glasgow website, accessed January 21, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yonge, Charles Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English marine biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Silcoates School at Wakefield |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1986 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |