George Edward Dobson

George Edward Dobson (born September 4, 1848 in Edgeworthstown , County Longford , Ireland , † November 26, 1895 in West Malling , Kent , England) was an Irish zoologist, photographer and army doctor. Dobson's main research interests were insectivores and bats .

Live and act

George Edward Dobson was the eldest son of Parke Dobson, a doctor from Killinagh , County Westmeath . Before studying biology and medicine at Trinity College in Dublin , he was trained at the Royal School Enniskillen . In 1866 he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree, in 1867 he graduated with a Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery and in 1875 with a Master of Arts. In 1868 he joined the British Army medical service and was stationed in India. In 1872 he was transferred to the Andamans, where he got the opportunity to take anthropological photographs of the Andaman islanders . In 1874 he became a member of the Linnean Society of London . In 1876 he returned to England and published his work Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera . In 1878 he became a curator at the Royal Victoria Museum in Netley and published the book Catalog of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Between 1882 and 1890 he wrote the Monograph of the Insectivora, Systematic and Anatomical , of which he was only able to complete the first three volumes for health reasons. In 1883 he became a member of the Royal Society . He was also a corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and the Biological Society of Washington . In 1888 he retired from military service with the military rank of medical officer .

Dedication names

In 1898 Theodore Sherman Palmer named the bat genus Dobsonia in honor of George Edward Dobson. Other species named after him are Sphaerotheca dobsoni (1882 by George Albert Boulenger ), the Dobson-Kleintenrek ( Microgale dobsoni , 1884 by Oldfield Thomas ) and the Dobsonian epaulette bat ( Epomops dobsonii , 1889 by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage ).

Works (selection)

• On the Andamans and Andamanese . In: The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland . tape 4 , 1875, p. 457-467 , JSTOR : 2840987 (English).
• Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera, and Catalog of the Species of Bats in the Collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Printed by Taylor and Francis, London 1875 (English, archive.org ).
• Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera, and Catalog of the Species of Bats in the Collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. In: The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History (=  4 ). tape 18 , 1876, p. 266–267 (English, biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• Catalog of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum . Printed by order of the Trustees, London 1878 (English, biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• Monograph of the Insectivora, Systematic and Anatomical . tape 1 (Erinaceidae, Centetidae, and Solenodontidae). John Van Voorst, London (English, 1882-1890).
• Monograph of the Insectivora, Systematic and Anatomical . tape 2 (Potamogalidae, Chrysochloridae, and Talpidae). John Van Voorst, London (English, 1882-1890).
• Monograph of the Insectivora, Systematic and Anatomical . tape 3 (Talpidae (cont.)). John Van Voorst, London (English, 1882-1890).
• in Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen , John Knox Laughton , Douglas William Freshfield : Medical Hints to Travelers in Hints to Travelers Scientific and General . 5th edition. The Royal Geographical Society, London 1883, p. 251–276 (English, archive.org ).

literature

• WHF: George Edward Dobson . In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London . tape 59 , 1895, pp. XV – XVII (English, biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• Unknown: Surgeon Major George Edward Dobson . In: British Medical Journal . tape 2 , no. 1822 , November 30, 1895, pp. 1392 , doi : 10.1136 / bmj.2.1822.1392-b (English, bmj.com ).
• Hugh Chisholm : Encyclopædia Britannica : a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . 11th edition. tape VIII . The University press, Cambridge 1910, pp. 352–353 (English, archive.org ).
• Unknown: Geoge Edward Dobson Dead .; Writer of Many Valuable Works on Natural History and Science. In: The New York Times . November 26, 1895 ( timesmachine.nytimes.com [PDF; 37 kB ]).
• Harry Arthur Leonard Howell: Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army who served on full pay the period between the accession of George II and the formation of the Rioyal Army Medical Corps 10 June 1727 to 23 June 1898 with an introduction showing the historical evolution of the corps . The University press, Aberdeen 1917, pp. 470–471 (English, archive.org ).
• Theodore Sherman Palmer: Random notes on the nomenclature of the Chiroptera . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . No. 12 , 1898, pp. 109-114 (English, biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• George Albert Boulenger: Catalog of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum . 2nd Edition. Printed by order of the Trustees, London 1882 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• Oldfield Thomas: Description of a new Species of Microgale . In: The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History (=  4 ). tape 14 , 1884, p. 337-338 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage: Chiroptéres Africains nouveaux, rares ou peu connus . In: Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes (=  2 ). tape 1 , 1889, p. 1-7 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

Web links

• Chrono-Biographical Sketches Dobson, George Edward (Ireland 1848–1895)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Theodore Sherman Palmer (1898), p. 114.
2. ↑ George Albert Boulenger (1882), p. 32.
3. ↑ Oldfield Thomas (1884), p. 337.
4. ↑ José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1889), p. 1.