| RefNo | EC/1867/05 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 107 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Gunther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Distinguished as a Zoologist, and especially for his acquaintance with, large contributions to our knowledge of, the structure and classification of the classes of Reptiles and Fishes. Author of (1) Die Fische des Neckars, 1853: (2) Handbuch der medicinishen Zoologie 1837 - (3) Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes (1858): (4) Catalogue of Batrachia Salientia (1858): (5) Catalogue of Fishes in the British Museum, six vols (1859-66) - the most recent standard work upon this class of animals: (6) The Reptiles of British India, published by the Ray Society (1864); and numerous papers and memoirs in the Zoological Society's "Proceedings", "Annals of Natural History" &c.
Originator and Editor of the "Record of Zoological Literature" commenced in 1865, for which he also prepares reports on the Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge. Richard Owen; Rod I Murchison; Charles Darwin; Charles Lyell; John Lubbock; Philip Lutley Sclater; W H Flower; P M Grey Egerton; J Gwyn Jeffreys; F A Abel; Henry M Noad; George Bentham; James Salter; Henry M Noad; T Spencer Cobbold |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6656 | Gunther; Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf (1830 - 1914) | 1830 - 1914 |