John Anderson (biologist)
John Anderson (born October 4, 1833 in Edinburgh ; died August 15, 1900 in Buxton , Derbyshire , England) was a Scottish zoologist .
Live and act
John Anderson was born in Edinburgh , his father Thomas Anderson was Secretary of the National Bank of Scotland. He worked in the National Bank of Scotland and studied medicine in Edinburgh from 1861 ; in the same year he went to India . In 1862 he received his MD from Edinburgh. He became professor of natural history at Free Church College in Edinburgh. In 1864 he became curator of the Indian Museum ( Imperial Museum of India ) in Calcutta . He held this position until 1887; he was succeeded by James Wood-Mason . Around 1877 he became a professor of comparative anatomy at the Medical College in Calcutta.
Anderson collected zoological specimens very intensively in Egypt , on which his work Zoology of Egypt was based. During his time in India, he also carried out numerous collecting trips to China and Burma . He was the first to describe a number of animal species and some animal species were named after him, including the parasitic cancer Sacculina andersoni by Alfred Mathieu Giard in 1887. 1886 Anderson resigned from his offices. He died in Buxton , England in 1900 .
Honors and offices
Anderson was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (since 1874) and the Linnean Society . In the Royal Society he was accepted as a member (" Fellow ") in 1879 . He was also a member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and a Senate member of the University of Calcutta .
Works
- Mandalay to Momien: A narrative of the two expeditions to western China of 1868 and 1875, under Colonel Edward B. Sladen and Colonel Horace Browne . London 1876 digitized
- Anatomical and zoological researches: comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella . London 1878 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.55401 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.50434
- Catalog of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta . Calcutta 1881–1891 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.9179 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.54055
- A contribution to the herpetology of Arabia: With a preliminary list of the reptiles and batrachians of Egypt . London 1896 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.5473 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.54454
- Zoology of Egypt . London 1898–1907 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.45263
Web links
- Entry to Anderson; John (1833-1900) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anderson, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 1900 |
| Place of death | Buxton , Derbyshire , England |