Vera Fretter

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Vera Fretter (born July 5, 1905 , † October 15, 1992 in Purley ) was a British malacologist and anatomist.

Life

Fretter grew up in the Plumstead district of London and was initially a teacher in south-east London. She initially studied zoology on the side in London and after a bachelor's degree with top grades she turned completely to zoology and received her doctorate in 1936 at Birkbeck College of the University of London with a thesis on the intestines of beetle snails (Polyplacophora). After that and during World War II, she lived for a while at her parents' house in Kingsand on Plymouth Sound, where she was able to study molluscs on site. From 1954 she was at the University of Reading, where she became a reader and retired in 1970, but was still scientifically active.

She is known for studies on the functional anatomy and biology of mollusks (especially prosobranch (Prosobranchia)). Another topic of interest was the larval stages of the molluscs, which she studied in marine laboratories in the UK and abroad. She was a good draftsman who illustrated her publications herself. In Reading she worked with Professor Alastair Graham .

Fonts

  • with Alastair Graham: Functional Anatomy of Invertebrates, Academic Press 1976
  • with Alastair Graham: British Prosobranch Molluscs. Their Functional Anatomy and Ecology, Ray Society 1962, 2nd edition 1994
  • with Alastair Graham: The Prosobranch Molluscs of Britain and Denmark, 8 parts, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 1976 to 1985
  • Editor with J. Peake: Pulmonates, Vol. 1. Functional Anatomy & Physiology, Academic Press 1975

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personal data
SURNAME Fretter, Vera
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1905
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1992
Place of death Purley