Thomas Rymer Jones

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Thomas Rymer Jones (born March 20, 1810 in Whitby , † December 10, 1880 in Castletown Road, West Kensington, London ) was a British zoologist and anatomist .

Life

Jones was the son of a captain in the Royal Navy and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital in London and Paris. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) in 1833 but was unable to practice because of his poor hearing. He was a student of Georges Cuvier in Paris.

From 1836 to 1874 he was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College London . He was also from 1841 to 1844 Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution and later Examiner of Physiology at the University of London.

In addition to his textbook on comparative anatomy, which was a standard work at the time, he published popular scientific works on zoology.

In 1844 he became a member of the Royal Society .

His son Thomas Manson Rymer-Jones (1839-1894) was a railroad engineer who worked in Japan and Central America, among other places.

Works

  • General Outline of the Animal Kingdom, and Manual of Comparative Anatomy, London, Van Voorst, 1841, Archive , 1861, Archive
  • The Aquarian Naturalist, a Manual for the Seaside, London, Van Voorst 1858, Archives
  • The Animal Creation; a popular introduction to Zoology, London, 1865, Archives
  • The Natural History of Birds, a popular introduction to Ornithology, London, 1867, Archive
  • The Natural History of Animals, 1845 to 1852 (Fullerian Lectures)
  • Mammalia: a popular introduction to Natural History, London, 1873

He also translated the birds section from Brehm's animal life and published an English edition (Cassel's Book of Birds, 1869–1873). He wrote many articles on comparative anatomy in Todd's Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology .

literature

  • Unknown: Births, Marriages, and Deaths . In: The Lancet . tape 116 , no. 2990 , 1880, pp. 998 , doi : 10.1016 / S0140-6736 (02) 47423-5 .
  • Gideon Smales: Whitby authors and their publications with the titles of all the books printed in Whitby AD 670 to AD 1867 . Horne and Son, Whitby 1867 ( online [accessed August 15, 2015]).

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personal data
SURNAME Jones, Thomas Rymer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British zoologist and anatomist
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Whitby
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1880
Place of death Castletown Road, West Kensington, London