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 educated at University College London (BSc 1880) and King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a first in both parts of the natural sciences tripos.[3] He was Superintendent of the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology from 1892 to 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]
Family
[edit]Harmer married Laura Russell Howell, an alumna of the natural science tripos at the University of Cambridge.[7] She had been a demonstrator in animal morphology at the Balfour Biological Laboratory for Women there.[8]
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
[edit]- 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.
- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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.. Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3759.
- ^ Osborne, Frances (30 April 2011). Lilla's Feast: A True Story Of Love, War, And A Passion For Food. Transworld. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4464-3855-8.
- ^ Richmond, Marsha L. (1997). ""A Lab of One's Own": The Balfour Biological Laboratory for Women at Cambridge University, 1884-1914". Isis. 88 (3): 422–455. ISSN 0021-1753.
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