John Robertson Henderson

John Robertson Henderson (born May 21, 1863 in Melrose , Scotland ; died October 26, 1925 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish zoologist , numismatist and university professor.

education

Henderson received his education at Dulwich College in the County of London and at the Scottish Dollar Academy , two prestigious private schools. He then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh , where he made the acquaintance of the naturalist and marine biologist Charles Wyville Thomson . Thomas, former leader of the Challenger expedition , made an impression on Henderson, who finished his medical degree but then turned to marine biology.

Challenger Office

Henderson worked with a number of young zoologists and oceanographers in the Edinburgh office headed by John Murray after Thomas' death in 1882, where the scientific analysis of the Challenger expedition was carried out. In 1884 he worked in the Marine Laboratory established by Murray in Granton near Edinburgh, the first British marine research station, and on Murray's yacht. At this time he began to work on his first scientific publications, some essays on the decapod crabs of Scottish waters. At the end of 1884, Murray assigned him the task of examining and describing the Anomura brought back from the Challenger expedition . This was connected with several stays in London and Paris in 1885 to study the collections at the Natural History Museum and the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle . The resulting monograph was published in 1888.

Madras Museum

In the fall of 1885, while he was still working on the Challenger Expedition report, he was appointed professor at Madras Christian College in India . There he taught for the next 25 years. During this time he volunteered as an assistant to the management of the Madras Museum . In 1909 he was appointed director of the museum with the connected Connemara Public Library , succeeding Edgar Thurston . In April 1919 Henderson retired to Edinburgh, where he became a member of the board of directors of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and other associations.

During his stay in India, Henderson carried out research on Indian crustaceans and published numerous articles. These included initial descriptions of crustaceans, but also of other species such as the scorpions Heterometrus tristis and Lychas albimanus . In addition, Henderson was a collector of South Indian coins, metal and ceramic objects. He wrote two numismatic works on the coins of southern Indian princely states .

Henderson was inducted into the Order of the Indian Empire in 1918 . In 1923 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

Dedication names (selection)

Genus Hendersonida Cabezas & Macpherson, 2014
Allokepon hendersoni (Giard & Bonnier, 1888)
Cyclasterope hendersoni Brady, 1897
Hyastenus hendersoni (Laurie, 1906)
Lychas hendersoni (Pocock, 1897)
Palapedia hendersoni (Rathbun, 1902)
Parapinnixa hendersoni Rathbun, 1918
Raninoides hendersoni Chopra, 1933
Venezillo hendersoni (Boone, 1934)

Publications (selection)

Report on the Anomura collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876. In: Charles Wyville Thomas and John Murray (eds.): Report on the scientific results of the voyage of HMS Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology - Vol. XXVII. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1888, digitized .
The coins of Haidar Alī and Tīpū Sultān. Government Press, Madras 1921, digitized .
Coins of Mysore and miscellaneous coins of South India. In: John Allan (Ed.): Catalog of the coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta. Volume 4, Part 2. Oxford 1928, digitized .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d WTC ( William Thomas Calman ): Dr. John Robertson Henderson, CIE In: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1926, Volume 138, No. 1, pp. 81-82, doi: 10.1111 / j.1095-8312.1926.tb01372.x .
^ ^A ^b John Robertson Henderson: Preface . In: the same: Report on the Anomura collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873–1876, pp. I-II, digitized .
^ Government Museum (ed.): Madras Government Museum Centenary Souvenir (1851–1951). Government Museum, Chennai 1951, reprinted 1999, pp. 37-39, digitized .
^ The Royal Society of Edinburgh (Ed.): Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002. Biographical Index Part One. The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh 2006, ISBN 0-902198-84-X , Online PDF , 1.6 MB.

personal data
SURNAME	Henderson, John Robertson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Henderson, John Robert (misspelling); Henderson, JR (common abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British zoologist, numismatist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melrose
DATE OF DEATH	October 26, 1925
Place of death	Edinburgh

[Calman-1] WTC ( William Thomas Calman ): Dr. John Robertson Henderson, CIE In: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1926, Volume 138, No. 1, pp. 81-82, doi: 10.1111 / j.1095-8312.1926.tb01372.x .

[Henderson_Preface-2] A ^b John Robertson Henderson: Preface . In: the same: Report on the Anomura collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873–1876, pp. I-II, digitized .

[GM-3] Government Museum (ed.): Madras Government Museum Centenary Souvenir (1851–1951). Government Museum, Chennai 1951, reprinted 1999, pp. 37-39, digitized .

[RSE-4] The Royal Society of Edinburgh (Ed.): Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002. Biographical Index Part One. The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh 2006, ISBN 0-902198-84-X , Online PDF , 1.6 MB.