Reginald Innes Pocock

Reginald Innes Pocock (born March 4, 1863 in Clifton , Bristol , † August 9, 1947 in London ) was a British zoologist and arachnologist .

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Pocock studied zoology under Professors Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1852-1936) and William Johnson Sollas (1849-1936) at the University College of Bristol . In 1885 he became an assistant at the Natural History Museum in London. He was responsible for the collections of tarantulas (Theraphosidae) and millipedes (Myriapoda). From 1904 until his retirement in 1923 he was director of the London Zoo . Pocock then worked as a volunteer scientist in the mammalian department at the Natural History Museum.

On July 1, 1889, he married Constance Osborne. They had five children together; however, the first four, a daughter and three sons, died in childhood. Little is known about the fourth son, Constantine Innes Pocock.

On May 4, 1911, Pocock became a member ("Fellow") of the Royal Society .

Works

• Catalog of the genus Felis. London 1951 pm
• Mammalia. Taylor & Francis, London 1939-41.
• Arachnida. Taylor & Francis, London 1900.
• The highest andes. Methuen, London 1899.
• Natural history. Appleton, New York 1897.
• Through unknown African countries. Arnold, London 1897.
• Chilopoda, Symphala and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago. 1894.
• Report upon the julidae, chordeumidae and polyzonidae. Genoa 1893.
• Description of a New Species of Polydesmus from Liguria. Genoa 1891.
• Report on the oniscomorpha. Genoa 1891.
• Report upon the chilopoda. Genoa 1891.
• Contributions to our knowledge of the Chilopoda of Liguria. Genoa 1890.
• Three New Species of zephronia from the oriental region. Genoa 1890.