Hampton Wildman Parker
Hampton Wildman Parker (born July 5, 1897 in Giggleswick , Yorkshire , England , † September 2, 1968 ) was a British herpetologist .
Live and act
In 1923 Parker graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts. In the same year he became an employee in the department of amphibians and reptiles at the Natural History Museum , where he succeeded the curator Joan Beauchamp Procter . He then worked temporarily as the successor to George Albert Boulenger in the zoological department. In 1935 he graduated from Selwyn College with a Master of Arts. During the Second World War he worked for the Admiralty . After 1945 he continued his work for the Natural History Museum and was involved in repairing the damage caused during the war. In 1947 he took over the management of the zoological department, which he held until 1957. In 1949 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the snakes of Somalia at the University of Leiden . In 1957 Parker was honored with the Commander of the British Empire .
Hampton Wildman Parker wrote over 200 scientific articles on the herpetofauna of numerous countries, including fossil species. He was particularly interested in the families of the southern frogs and the narrow-mouthed frogs , on which he wrote a monograph in 1934 . He also carried out studies on the lizards and snakes of Somalia . After his retirement he published the works Snakes of the World - Their Ways of Means and Living (1963) and Natural History of Snakes (1965).
The first scientific descriptions by Hampton Wildman Parker include, among others, Pseudophryne major , Flectonotus fitzgeraldi , Astylosternus occidentalis , Leptopelis jordani , Breviceps poweri , Amietophrynus camerunensis as well as the Skinkart Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi , which he named Fitzgerlie-Fitzgerlie-Fitzgerlie after the Irish Desmond Valdesey-Edward Valdesey Entom . He first described a total of 52 species of reptiles.
Works (selection)
- 1933: Some frogs and toads of Trinidad
- 1934: A monograph of the frogs of the family Microhylidae
- 1942: The Lizards of British Somaliland
- 1949: The snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra Islands
- 1949: Guide for the identification and reporting of stranded whales, dolphins and porpoises and turtles on the British coasts
- 1963: Snakes of the World - Their Ways of Means and Living
- 1965: Natural History of Snakes
literature
- Kraig Adler (1989): Contributions to the History of Herpetology, Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles: 202 pp. ISBN 0-916984-19-2
- Alice GC Grandison (1969): Editorial Notes and News: HW Parker In: Copeia, Vol. 1969, No. 2 (Jun. 3, 1969), pp. 416-417. Published by: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parker, Hampton Wildman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English herpetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Giggleswick , Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd September 1968 |