Person Marshall; Sheina Macalister (1896 - 1977); marine zoologist Marshall Sheina Macalister marine zoologist 1896 - 1977 British Female Stewart Hall, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland 20 April 1896 18960420 Lady Margaret Hospital, Millport, North Ayrshire, Scotland 07 April 1977 19770407

Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland (1958)

marine zoologist Marine sciences Marine ecology Marine biology Education: Governess at home (up to 1909); Rothesay Academy; St Margaret's School, Polmont, Stirlingshire; Glasgow University. BSc (1919, Zoology, Botany, physiology), DSc (1934) Career: She was encouraged by her father, in early life, to pursue her interest in natural history, geology, and zoology; Carnegie Fellow, Glasgow University, working with John Graham Kerr (1920-1922); worked at marine station at Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde (1922); took part in the Great Barrier Reef expedition based on Low Isles, north of Cairns, Queensland (1927-1928); investigated herring production (1934-1935); participated in the search of British coasts for seaweeds suitable as a source of agar and worked on methods of methods of harvesting the selected species, Gigartina, and supervised collection (1939-1945); partook in a field study on the effect on marine productiviety of the addition of artificial fertilizer in Loch Craiglin (1942); worked in the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA (1970-71); visiting worker at the Villefranche-sur-Mer Marine Station laboratory, France (1974); her eyesight deteriorated as she began writing a history of the Scottish Marine Biological Association (later publlished in 1987); suffered an attack of pneumonia (1975); died of a heart attack. Honours: OBE 1966 Awards/Medals: Neill Prize 1971 Honorary Degree from the University of Uppsala, Sweden 1977 Memberships: FRSE (1949) Parents: John Nairn Marshall, Doctor and amateur naturalist, of Stewart Hall, Rothesay, and Jean Coville, née Binnie. Siblings: Two sisters. Remembered for her lifelong study of plant and animal plankton, particularly in realtion to copepods, contibuting to our knowledge of plankton in temperate and tropical seas. Distinguished for her researches on the productivity of the sea, especially in collaboration with Dr Andrew Picken Orr, chemist, authoring several books together. First woman, along with Ethel Dobbie Currie, geologist, to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1949. Fellow 21/03/1963 67 Richard Julius Pumphrey Carl Frederick Abel Pantin James Eric Smith Clifford Hiley Mortimer George Philip Wells John Edwin Harris James Gray Charles Maurice Yonge Hildebrand Wolfe Harvey Frederick Stratten Russell Alister Clavering Hardy Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1978 vol 24 pp 369-389, plate, by Sir Frederick Russell 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.1978.0011 RCN 19739 20 Apr 1896 - 7 Apr 1977 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 06/01/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5968 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes cd3ecbeb-f482-41cc-88f5-36b09114796d