Person Hickson; Sydney John (1859 - 1940) Hickson Sydney John 1859 - 1940 British Male Highgate, London, England 25 June 1859 1859062 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England 06/02/1940 19400206

35 Highbury New Park, London N (1890)

Zoologist Genetics Systematics Embryology Morphology Zoology Education: Early education received at home; grammar school in Leatherhead; DSc (Lond); MA (Cantab); Hon MA (Oxon) Career: Took up a post in Oxford as assistant and demonstrator with Henry Nottidge Moseley (FRS 1877) (1881); Travelled in the Malay archipelago (1885–1886); worked at London in Ray Lankester’s laboratory (FRS 1875) (1887); Lecturer in Advanced Zoology, Cambridge (1890); appointed Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester (1894); collected specimens of coral; retired from his post in Manchester (1926); returned to Cambridge and lectured undergraduates on coelenterates and continued his research (1926). Memberships: FZS President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (1915-1917) President of the Manchester Microscopical Society Parents: Established zoology as a satisfactory subject of study in schools and universities in the United Kingdom. Lectures: Croonian 1916 Fellow 13/06/1895 36 Edward Bagnall Poulton; Edward Emmanuel Klein; Edwin Ray Lankester; Raphael Meldola Arthur Milnes Marshall; John Lubbock; Bartholomew Price; Edward Burnet Tylor; Thomas Henry Huxley; Alexander Henry Green; Robert Bellamy Clifton; William Henry Flower; Adam Sedgwick; John Newport Langley; Walter Holbrook Gaskell; Alexander Macalister Edward Albert Schafer; George Harley; Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Gunther; Philip Lutley Sclater; Walter Frank Raphael Weldon; John Scott Burdon Sanderson; Philip Herbert Carpenter; Joseph Prestwich Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. pp. 837–838; 'Sydney J. Hickson – a life among corals' [URL: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/alumni/biographies-of-zoologists/sydney-j-hickson; last accessed: 21/02/2024] Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 383-394, plate, by J Stanley Gardiner Hickson S J, IM Maull 002086.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1941.0009 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Hickson%2C+Sydney+John RCN 14608 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH4070 25 Jun 1859 - 6 Feb 1940 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 21/02/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1402 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 21/02/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/64766983 ce7a985f-ad93-4bfb-aa86-c2661bea4c70