Geoffrey Fryer

Geoffrey Fryer in 1971

Geoffrey Fryer FRS (born, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 6 August 1927) is a British biologist.^[1]

Education[]

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Huddersfield College, and University of London.

Personal life[]

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Married Vivienne Hodgson, 1953. One son [1961] and one daughter [1963].

Career[]

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Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Windermere Laboratory, Freshwater Biological Association 1981-1988. Honorary Professor, University of Lancaster since 1988.

Honours[]

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He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972. Awarded the Zoological Society of London Frink Medal in 1983 and the Linnean Medal in 1987.

Tribute[]

Fish named after Fryer:

• The cichlid Alticorpus geoffreyi & 2004
• The Lake Malawi cichlid Sciaenochromis fryeri Konings, 1993

Selected publications[]

See also[]

• Category:Taxa named by Geoffrey Fryer

References[]

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