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First Title value, for Searching Bell, Thomas (1792 - 1880)

2024-04-28T19:39:29Z

by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2013-03-06
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Occupation Dental surgeon Zoologist
Details Born at Poole, Dorsetshire, on October 11th, 1792, the only son of Thomas Bell, a surgeon. He entered Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals in 1813 and was appointed Dental Surgeon to Guy's Hospital in 1817, holding the post and lecturing on Dental Anatomy until 1861. In 1836 he was appointed Professor of Zoology at King's College, having already lectured on the subject of comparative anatomy at Guy's Hospital. He was elected FRS in 1828 and was one of the Secretaries from 1848-1853. He was for eleven years a Vice-President of the Zoological Society, where he had been one of the originators of the scientific meetings. He was President of the Linnean Society from 1853-1861, and under his guidance the society advanced greatly, and in spite of strong Government opposition became housed in Burlington House. He was also President of the Ray Society from its foundation in 1843 until 1859. He died at Selborne in Hampshire at The Wakes, which he had bought from Gilbert White's grandniece, on March 13th, 1880. Bell was a pioneer in raising dentistry to the rank of a profession - work which was continued by Salter and by the Tomes - father and son. His work, *On the Anatomy and Diseases of the Teeth*, published 8vo, London, 1829 (2nd ed, 1835), was largely a compilation from Hunter, Blake, and Fox. He was a very good administrator, and a man of such attractive manners as to gain the confidence of young and old in every class of life. He published a classic edition of White's *Natural History of Selborne* in 1877, with a pleasing memoir of Gilbert White. In his house at Selborne he made a collection of relics and memorials of White, which he was always willing to show to admirers of the naturalist. A fine mezzotint portrait of Bell by Nobel after the painting by Taples is in the College Collection. Publications: *History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea*, 8vo, London, 1837; 2nd ed (with R F TOMES and E R ALSTON), 1874. *History of British Reptiles*, 8vo, London, 1839. *History of British Stalk-eyed Crustacea*, 8vo, London, 1853. *Monograph of Testudinata*, 8 parts, fol, London, 1833-42. *Monograph on Fossil Malacostracous Crustacea*, 4to, London (Palaeontographical Society), 1857-62. "On Chelonia of the London Clay" in *Fossil Reptilia of London Clay* (with R Owen), 4to, London (Palaeontographical Society), i, 1849-58. *Catalogue of Crustacea in the British Museum* i, *Leucosiadoe*, 12mo, London, 1855.
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First Title value, for Searching Vevers, Geoffrey Marr (1890 - 1970)

2024-04-28T19:39:29Z

by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2014-10-24 2015-09-04
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Occupation Parasitologist Tropical medicine specialist Zoologist
Details Born on 20 September 1890 at Hereford, he was the younger son of Henry Vevers, surgeon of Hereford, and he received his early education there before entering St Thomas's Medical School in 1909. On the outbreak of war in 1914, he went to France as a dresser with the British Red Cross Society but, after being sent back to qualify in 1915, he again served as Captain RAMC throughout the war in France until 1919, qualifying for the 1914-15 Star. He served as a casualty officer at St Thomas's and in 1919 became assistant helminthologist at the London School of Tropical Medicine until 1923, having been awarded a Beit Memorial Fellowship during the years 1920-22. He was honorary parasitologist to the Zoological Society of London from 1919 to 1921 and in 1921 was a member of the Filariasis Commission to British Guiana. In 1923 he was appointed superintendent to the Zoological Society of London which post he held until his retirement in 1948, receiving the Society's silver medal in 1942. In 1947 the Zoological Society of Glasgow and the West of Scotland awarded him its gold medal and he was also an honorary member of the Zoological Societies of Philadelphia and of Ireland. When the society decided to start the collection at Whipsnade he was chief assistant to the then secretary, Sir Philip Chalmers Mitchell and he built a house for himself there as he had to do most of the field work. He paid several visits to Moscow where he succeeded in obtaining a number of rare animals and where he became a great admirer of the USSR, editing the Anglo-Soviet journal from 1939-1946. As a student at St Thomas's he became a close friend of P H Mitchiner, who later became an honorary fellow of the Zoological Society and in 1946 Vevers was elected a Fellow of the College as a member of twenty or more years standing. Vevers wrote numerous scientific papers and also childrens books on natural history, on which subject he regularly broadcast in the BBC "Children's Hour". Gardening was his means of relaxation. He died on 9 January 1970 at his home Springfield, Whipsnade, and was survived by his wife and family.
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First Title value, for Searching Stephenson, John (1871 - 1933)

2024-04-28T19:39:29Z

by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2013-11-13
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Occupation General surgeon Zoologist
Details Born on 6 February 1871 at Padisham, Lancashire, the only son of Mr Stephenson, gentleman, and Susannah Hudson, his wife. He was educated at Burnley Grammar School and Manchester University. He served as house physician at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, 1893-94, and as house physician at the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, London, in 1894. He passed into the Indian Medical Service, taking the first place in the examination and being gazetted lieutenant on 29 July 1895, captain on 29 July 1898, major 29 July 1907, lieutenant-colonel 20 January 1915. He served with the NW Frontier expedition 1897 (medal and two clasps), and was present at the operations in Bajaur and the Mamund country. He was also occupied on plague duty and held various civil appointments in the Punjab between 1900 and 1906. During the first world war he was recalled and served in Egypt. He was appointed professor of biology at the Government College, Lahore in 1906, and professor of zoology in 1912. In this position he inspired a number of Punjabi students with something of his own enthusiasm for the study of the fauna of India. In 1912 the government appointed him principal of the College at Lahore, a position which had not previously been held by a member of the Indian Medical Service, and in 1918 he became vice-chancellor of the Punjab University. He retired from the IMS on 6 September 1921 and, returning to England, was appointed lecturer in zoology at the University of Edinburgh. He held the post until 1929, when he settled in London to edit the *Fauna of British India* series at the Natural History Museum. He married Gertrude, daughter of T Bayne, of St Anne's-on-the-Sea, who survived him but without children. He died at 42 Orsett Terrace, W2, on 2 February 1933, and was buried at Kensal Green cemetery. Stephenson had many gifts. He was a first-rate zoologist, a good Oriental scholar, a fine teacher, and a good medical officer. All this was concealed in a body made delicate by chronic weakness of the heart, which rendered it necessary for him to live a very retired life. But he was a friend to all zoologists, and was valued for his knowledge, gentleness, and sympathy. He was more especially interested in the oligochaetes (earthworms) of India, and was recognized as the first living authority upon them. The subject fascinated him on account of the light which the study threw upon the present distribution of creatures with very little power of migration and with an intolerance of salt water. It opened up problems of distribution, evolution, zoological geography, and the past history of oceans and continents. Publications: *Indian toxicology*. 1906. *The Hadigatu-l-Haqiqat of the Hakim Sanai*, text, translation, and commentary, 1910. *Oligochaeta*, in *Fauna of British India series*. London, 1923. *Intelligence exercises in English*. Oxford, 1927. The Nuzhatu-l-Qulub, edition and translation of the zoological portion. *Isis*, 1928, 11, No 36. *The oligochaeta*. Oxford, 1930. Robert Brown's discovery of the nucleus in relation to the history of the cell theory. *Proc Linn Soc* 1931-32, 144, 45.
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First Title value, for Searching Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915 - 1987)

2024-04-28T19:39:29Z

by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2015-06-15
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Occupation Research scientist Zoologist
Details Peter Medawar was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of Nicholas Medawar, a Lebanese businessman. His mother, Edith Muriel Dowling, was English. He was educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford where he achieved a first in zoology. His earliest work was associated with Guttman and Young on the rate of growth of nerve fibres but in 1947 he was appointed Professor of Zoology in Birmingham. Four years later he became Professor of Zoology at University College, London, where he continued his early work on cellular immunology and in particular to the role of lymphocytes in tissue graft rejection. His finest contribution in the understanding of graft rejection was by introducing cells from the prospective donor into the recipient in its foetal or neonatal life and thereby demonstrating the prevention of subsequent graft rejection. This outstanding work was carried out with Sir Macfarlane Burnet, for which they were rewarded with a Nobel Prize in 1960. In 1962 he was appointed as Director of the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill where his talent for research and creative mind was a tremendous benefit to many young scientists. Peter Medawar was also a gifted orator with a clear message which was so popular with his students and colleagues. He wrote essays and books which are a classic collection ranging from his Reith lecture entitled *The future of man* to his final major work *Memoir of a thinking radish* which was an account of some aspects of his life. Another popular book *Advice to a young student* is still an inspiring encouragement to students; whereas another study of biological ideas was published jointly with Lady Medawar and entitled *The life science*. They wrote together *Aristotle to zoos* which is a biological encyclopedia. There is no doubt that Peter Medawar was one of our most distinguished biologists whose discoveries have led to the wealth of tissue and organ transplants and given so many people a chance to have a better quality of life. It was a cruel blow that was delivered in 1969 when he sustained his first stroke and yet he was supported throughout his affliction by his devoted wife and family. He was a superb chess player, enjoyed squash and cricket, but above all he was an ardent lover of opera. In 1937 he married fellow student Jean Shinglewood, daughter of Dr C H S Taylor, and they had two sons and two daughters. He died on 2 October 1987 after several strokes which increased the severity of his handicap but did not destroy his spirit.
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