Frederick Nutter Chasen ( English Frederick Nutter Chasen ; 1896 , Norfolk - February 13, 1942 , Singapore ) - British zoologist .
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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 " Chasen " . |
Biography
Born in Norfolk . Since 1912 he worked as an intern at the Norwich Museum. During the First World War from 1914 to 1818 he served in the volunteer regiment . After demobilization, he returned to the museum, where he was a full-time employee until 1921. In 1921 he was appointed assistant curator at the National Museum of Singapore . In 1932 he became its director. He participated in expeditions to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, the islands of the South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand and the Strait of Malacca [3] . He was a recognized expert on animals and birds of Southeast Asia. Prepared the third and fourth volumes of the directory “ The Birds of the Malay Peninsula ” ( Eng. The Birds of the Malay Peninsula ), started by . He died in the wreck of the ship on which he tried to leave Singapore occupied by the Japanese. The scientist has two daughters - Heather and Elizabeth [4] .
Described many species of birds and mammals of Southeast Asia, including: Charadrius javanicus Chasen, 1938 , Otus mentawi Chasen & Kloss, 1926 , Otomops formosus Chasen, 1939 , Hylopetes sipora Chasen, 1940 , Glischropus javanus Chasen, 1939 and Pres Chasen & Kloss, 1928) .
Memory
Chaseen was named after the species of poisonous snakes Garthius chaseni from the island of Kalimantan [5] , as well as the bug Microsanta chaseni (Miller, 1941) , dipterans Azana chaseni (Edwards, 1933) , Pselliophora chaseni Edwards, 1932 and Limonia chaseni Edwards, 1933 Ind, chasenii (Karny, 1926) and Xiphidiopsis chaseni Karny, 1926 , dragonfly Calicnemia chaseni Laidlaw, 1928 , freshwater crab Stoliczia chasenii (Roux, 1934) , Batrachostomus chaseni Stresemann, 1937 .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Biodiversity Heritage Library
- ↑ Tweedie, MWF Obituary: Frederick Nutter Chasen // Bulletin of the Raffles Museum: journal. - 1947. - Vol. 18 . - P. 170-176 .
- ↑ Michael, Nicholas "Frederick Nutter" Mickey "Chasen Neopr (May 13, 2011). Date accessed March 26, 2015. Archived April 2, 2015.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5 . ("Chasen", p. 52).