John William Sutton Pringle
John William Sutton Pringle (born July 22, 1912 in Manchester , † November 2, 1982 in Oxford ) was a British zoologist . He dealt with the physiology of insects, mainly with the proprioceptors , the flight muscles of the insects and the song of the cicadas .
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Pringle first studied at King's College , Cambridge . There he received the Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos degree . He was a demonstrator in zoology at Cambridge in 1937/38 and a fellow at King's College from 1938 to 1944 . After his military service as a radar scout he came back to Cambridge and worked as a lecturer in zoology and a fellow at the Peterhouse . In 1959 he was a reader for experimental cytology . In 1961 he was appointed to the Linacre Chair of Zoology at Oxford University .
Pringle was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1954. In 1969 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/29/524
- ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Book of Members ( PDF ). Retrieved April 21, 2016
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| SURNAME | Pringle, John William Sutton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd November 1982 |
| Place of death | Oxford |