Leslie Reginald Cox
Leslie Reginald Cox (born November 22, 1897 in Islington , † August 5, 1965 in Herdon , Middlesex ) was an English malacologist and paleontologist .
Cox won a scholarship to Cambridge University (Queen's College) in 1916, but was only able to begin studying in 1919 due to military service in the First World War. In 1920 and 1921 he won first places in the Natural Science Tripos and obtained a Master of Arts degree in 1925. In 1937 he received his doctorate (Sc. D.). From 1922 he was at the British Museum of Natural History, where he was initially Assistant Keeper 2nd Class for fossil molluscs (except ammonites). In 1930 he became Assistant Keeper 1st Class and in 1961 Deputy Keeper for Paleontology. In 1963 he retired.
Cox was considered the authority on fossil and recent mollusks and their systematics.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1950) and received the Lyell Medal in 1956 .
In 1960 he named the snail parentage Caenogastropoda . Cox had also emerged as a geological historian, particularly William Smith . His research led to the fact that part of Smith's estate, which was believed to be lost, was found in Oxford in the early 1940s.
literature
- A. Rothstein, EI White, CP Nuttall: Leslie Reginald Cox, Biographical Memoirs Fellows Royal Society, 12, 1966, 106
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References and comments
- ↑ Nina Morgan: Lost and found ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Natural History Museum
- ^ Cox Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol. 25, 1942, pp. 1-99
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cox, Leslie Reginald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English malacologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Islington |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1965 |
| Place of death | Herdon , Middlesex |