Sir William Henry Flower (1831-1899) - English physician , zoologist and anthropologist .
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| Date of Birth | November 30, 1831 | ||
| Place of Birth | Stratford upon avon | ||
| Date of death | July 1, 1899 (67 years old) | ||
| A place of death | London | ||
| A country | United Kingdom | ||
| Scientific field | zoology | ||
| Alma mater | University College London | ||
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Biography
William Henry Flower was born November 30, 1831 in the city of Stratford-upon-Avon (County Warwickshire, UK).
He studied medicine and science in London . In 1851 he received a doctor’s degree, in 1854 he entered the army as a military doctor in the army in the Crimea .
Upon returning to London, he was appointed a doctor and prosector at Middlsex Hospital and has since begun to study animals. In 1861, he was appointed director of the Museum of the Royal Medical School ( College of Surgeons ), which has a magnificent anatomical collection, which Flower has significantly increased. Since 1869, Flower has lectured on anatomy at this school.
In 1882, the scientist was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of London [1] .
In 1884, he was appointed director of the natural history department of the British Museum , which he held until 1898.
Flower's scientific work deals primarily with the comparative anatomy of mammals and humans. He was considered the best expert on cetaceans , for the first time studied the change of teeth in marsupials and made very valuable studies on the comparative anatomy of the mammalian liver. As the manager of the world's richest museum, Flower is particularly known for being one of the first to be convinced of the need to separate exhibition collections intended for the public from collections for scientific research.
Together with Lidecker, Flower published the textbook Introduction to the Study of Mammals and published it in London.
Sir William Henry Flower died July 1, 1899 in the city of London.
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Flower " . |
Publications
- "The brain of the Siamang" ("Natur. Hist. Rev.", 1862);
- “Description of the Skeleton of Jnia geoffrensis” (“Trans. Zool. Soc.”, 1866);
- “On the osteology of the Cachalot or Sperm-Whale” (ibid., 1868);
- “Introduction to the Osteologie of Mammals” (London, 1870, 3rd ed. 1885);
- "Catalog of the Specimens illustrating the Osteology and Dentition of the Vertebrated animals, recent and extinct" (2 vol., L., 1879-1884);
- “Fashion in Deformity” (L., 1881);
- “List of the Specimens of Cetacea of the British Museum” (L., 1885);
- “The Horse: a Study in Natural History” (L., 1891).
Notes
- ↑ Royal Medal .
Literature
- Adelung N.N. Flour, William-Henry // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.