Sidney Frederic Harmer
Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer, KBE, FRS[1] (9 March 1862 – 22 October 1950) was a British zoologist.[2] He was President of the Linnean Society 1927–1931 and was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1934.[3]
Sidney Harmer was Superintendent of the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology from 1892–1908,[4] Keeper of Zoology at the Natural History Museum from 1909 to 1921 and director of the Museum from 1919 to 1927.[5] His research library is held in the National Marine Biological Library at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth.
He was made KBE in the 1920 civilian war honours.[6]
He was the father of Russell Harmer, the gold-medal winning British sailor, and great uncle of the actress and writer Juliet Harmer, best known for her role in the 1960s TV series Adam Adamant Lives!.
Selected publications[]
- On the structure and development of Loxosoma. 1885.
- On the life-history of Pedicellina. 1886.
- On the British species of Crisia. 1891.
- as editor with Sir Arthur Shipley: Cambridge Natural History, series published 1895–. London: Macmillan & Co.
- Hemichordata. Cambridge Natural History. vol. 7. 1910.
|volume=has extra text (help) - with Richard Lydekker: Guide to the whales, porpoises, and dolphins (order Cetacea), exhibited in the Department of zoology, British museum (Natural history) (2nd ed.). 1922.
References[]
- ^ Calman, W. T. (1951). "Sidney Frederic Harmer. 1862-1950". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7 (20): 359–371. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1951.0007. JSTOR 769025.
- ^ "Harmer, Sidney Frederic". Who's Who: 1096. 1919.
- ^ "Harmer, Sidney Harmer (HRMR880SF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Cambridge University Museum of Zoology: Histories & Archives". Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ Photo and brief bio for Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer from National Marine Biological Library of U.K.
- ^ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3759.
External links[]
Works written by or about Sidney Frederic Harmer at Wikisource
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