| RefNo | EC/1897/16 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XII, 45 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Howes, Thomas George Bond: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Principal certificate |
| Citation | Author of an "Atlas of Elementary Biology," & joint co-author of the Revised & extended Edition of "Huxley & Martin's Practical Biology." Author of numerous papers on morphology, dealing especially with the Ichthyopsida & Mammalia, of which the following are the more important:-"On some points in the anatomy of the Porposie" (Journ. Anat. & Phys. Vol. XIV. P.467.) "Notes on the cranio-facial skeleton of the Sturgeon." (incorporated in Prof. W.K. Parker's Mon. in Phil. Tran. 1882 p.171.). "The Morphology of the Mammalian Coracoid" (Journ.Anat & Phys. Vol.XXI. p.190). On the skeleton& affinities of the paired fins of Ceratodus & those of the Elasmo-branchii (Proc.Zool. Soc. 1887, p.3), " On a hitherto unrecognised feature in the larynx of the Anourous Amphibia" (Ibid: p.491.) "Rabbit with an intra-narial epiglottis, with a suggestion concerning the phylogeny of the Mammalian respiratory apparatus." (Journ. Anat. & Phys. Vol. XXIII p.263.). "Additional observations upon the intra-narial epiglottis" (Ibid. p.587.) "Variation in the Kidney of Raia clavata; its nature, range, & probably significance" (Ibid Vol.XIV. p.407.) "On the visceral Antatomy of the Australian Torpedo" (Ibid p.669.) "Observations on the pectoral fin-skeleton of living Batoid fishes & of the extinct genus Squaloraja" &c. (Ibid. p.675.) "On some hermaphrodite genitalia in Gadus morrhua" &c (Journ. Linn.Soc.- Zoology. Vol.XXIII.p.539.) "On the probable existence of a Jacobson's organ among the Crocodile; with observations upon the skeleton of that organ in the Mammalia, etc (Proc.Zool. Soc. 1891. p148). "Notes on the shoulder girdle of certain Dicynodont Reptiles" (Ibid. Vol. XXVI. P403.)"On the affinities, intra-relationships, & systematic position of the Marsiposbranchiata" (Trans. Liverpool Biol.Soc. Vol VI. p.122), &c, &c, |
| Proposers | Thomas H Huxley; W H Flower; A Gunther; P L Sclater; St Geo Mivart; G M Humphreys; Wm Turner; Alex Macalister; T Jeffrey Parker; E Ray Lankester; A Milnes Marshall; Henry Woodward; Edward B Poulton; R H Traquair; D J Cunningham; R H Etheridge; E Klein; Frank E Beddard; R Meldola; H G Seeley; H H Godwin Austen; John Perry |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | EC/1897/15 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5709 | Howes; Thomas George Bond (1853 - 1905) | 1853 - 1905 |