Quentin Bone

Quentin Bone FRS (born 17 August 1931) is a British marine biologist. In 1971, he pioneered the application of electron microscopy to marine life.

Biography[]

Quenton Bone is the son of Stephen Bone (painter, writer, broadcaster, war artist) and Mary Adshead (painter, muralist, illustrator, designer). He received his degree in zoology in 1951 from St John's College, Oxford. He became a doctor of philosophy in 1958 from Magdalen College, Oxford.^{[citation needed]}

In 1984, Quentin Bone became a fellow of the Royal Society.^[1]

Quentin Bone married Susan Elizabeth Smith (1958). They have 4 sons.^[2]

Research[]

Quentin Bone worked on the histological studies of the fine structure and physiology of aquatic invertebrates and fish. In 1971, he pioneered the use of electron microscopy applied to marine life when he took the first electron micrograph at the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. He unveiled many histological fundamentals regarding life facilitation in aqueous environments.^[1]

Other roles[]

• 1959-1994: Member of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom^{[citation needed]}
• Since 1989: Member of the Institut océanographique (comité de perfectionnement)^{[citation needed]}
• Since 1994: Honorary research fellow of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Publications[]

• N B Marshall, J S Blaxter (1994). Biology of Fishes. Blackie. ISBN 978-0-7514-0243-8.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link); Taylor & Francis, with R Moore, 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-37562-7
• Biology of Pelagic Tunicates Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-19-854024-3

Prizes[]

• 1999: Zoological Medal of the Linnean Society of London^[1]
• 2003: Frink Medal from the Zoological Society of London^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Quentin Bone at a bonfire, painting of Quentin Bone by his father Stephen Bone