Robert Fisher Tomes
Robert Fisher Tomes (born August 4, 1823 in Weston-on-Avon , † July 10, 1904 in South Littleton near Evesham , Worcestershire ) was a British zoologist and landlord.
He collected birds and mammals. Later he turned increasingly to the mammals and was a specialist in bats with some initial descriptions (although he also edited collections of other zoologists, for example from Central America and New Zealand), including lesser mouse -eared mouse , Ecuadorian opossum mouse . He wrote the sections insectivores and bats in the History of Quadrupeds of Thomas Bell . His collection of mammals went to the Natural History Museum in London, and his collection of birds from Worcestershire to the Museum in Worcester .
He also published in palaeontology, for example on Jurassic corals, and had a significant collection of fossil corals. As an expert on the local geology of Evesham, he successfully advised municipalities and farmers on promising well drilling.
He was also a school councilor, Alderman of the County Council of Worcestershire, and for thirteen years until 1879 Chairman of the Board of Guardians of Stratford-on-Avon.
For his work on bats, he became a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London in 1860 . Since he later turned to paleontological and stratigraphic questions of his homeland, he became a member of the Geological Society of London in 1877 .
His brother John Tomes (1815-1895), who inherited the baron title, was even better known at the time, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society , oral surgeon, dentist and expert in odontology and a friend of Richard Owen .
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- ↑ His type collection of bats was destroyed by inadequate conservation.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tomes, Robert Fisher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weston-on-Avon |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1904 |
| Place of death | South Littleton |