Harry Slack
Harry Dawson Slack FRSE (29 September 1907–17 October 1982) was a 20th-century British zoologist closely associated with Loch Lomond in Scotland.
Life[]
He was born in Littleover near Derby on 29 September 1907, the son of Wilfred Heald Slack (born 1873).[1] His father served as an officer in the Derbyshire Volunteers during the First World War, resigning his commission in July 1917.[2]
Slack was educated at Derby Secondary School 1918 to 1920 then Burton-on-Trent Grammar School 1920 to 1927. He then studied zoology at the University of London, graduating with a BSc in 1932. He then attended the University of Edinburgh for postgraduate studies gaining a doctorate (PhD) in 1937.[3] Immediately on qualifying he obtained a post as assistant lecturer in zoology at the University of Glasgow. He has a keen interest in Loch Lomond and in 1938 launched a limnology course at the university involving bathymetric survey of the loch.
In the Second World War he served as a radar officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, reaching the rank of captain. On demobbing he set up a research station on Loch Lomond at Rossdhu House. This was partially equipped with instruments from the Challenger expedition. During his period here he worked closely with Prof .
In 1952 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Maurice Yonge, Otto Lowenstein, Ebenezer Ford, Sheina Marshall and Andrew Picken Orr.[4] At this time his address was then 6 Wardlaw Road in Bearsden.[5]
In 1967 his research transferred from Rossdhu to Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.[3]
He retired to a cottage at Yett of Ptarmigan, Rowardennan in Stirlingshire in 1972 and died there on 17 October 1982.
Family[]
He married the zoologist Flora Eleanor Cochrane.
Publications[]
- Chromosomes of Cimex (1939)
- Studies on Loch Lomond (1957)
References[]
- ^ 1901 Census: William Heald Slack
- ^ London Gazette 27 September 1917
- ^ a b "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Dr Harry Slack". www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ RSE Yearbook 1952
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