Person Shipley; Sir; Arthur Everett (1861 - 1927); zoologist Shipley Arthur Everett Sir zoologist 1861 - 1927 British Male Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England 10 March 1861 18610310 Master's Lodge, Christ's College, Cambridge, England 22/09/1927 19270922

zoologist Parasitology Comparative anatomy Embryology Zoology Animal morphology Education: University College School, London (1877–9); MA Career: Began his scientific career with investigations on the structure and development of the Brachiopoda, development of the river lamprey, Gephyrean worms, parasitic worms: his published work on this subject, which eventually extended to nearly fifty papers in scientific journals, gradually building his scientific reputation as a competent and successful researcher; held successive positions at Cambridge, of university demonstrator in comparative anatomy (1886); lecturer in the advanced morphology of the Invertebrata (1894); and reader in zoology (1908-1920); elected a fellow of Christ's College (1887) and became college tutor in natural sciences (1892); appointed secretary to Cambridge's Museums and Lecture Rooms Syndicate, which saw him in charge of all university laboratories and museums (1891); collaborated with Professor Ernest MacBride (FRS 1905) in writing a Textbook of Zoology (1901): collaborated with Sidney Frederic Harmer (FRS 1898) in editing the Cambridge Natural History, ten volumes which appeared between 1895 and 1909; edited the biological series of the Pitt Press Natural Science Manuals and the Fauna of British India series; co-editor with Professor George Henry Falkiner Nuttall (FRS 1904) of the journal Parasitology (1908-1914); assisted in editing the Journal of Economic Biology (1905-1913); elected master of Christ's College (1910),a a post he held until his death; was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1917-1919); visited Trinidad in order to lay the foundation stone of the new buildings of the College of Tropical Agriculture (1924). Honours: GBE 1920 Memberships: Chairman of the Marine Biological Association Research Defence Society Treasurer; VP Central Medical War Committee Imperial Bureau of Entomology Parents: Alexander Shipley, of The Hall, Datchet, Buckinghamshire, and Amelia, daughter of William Henry Burge, of Windsor. Specialised in the study of parasitic worms. Fellow 05/05/1904 43 A Newton; John Murray; J Bryce; A M Norman; S F Harmer; W A Herdman; S J Hickson; L C Miall; G S Brady; A Sedgwick; H Gadow; J Y Buchanan; Walter L Buller Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1928 vol 103 pp i-viii, plate, by Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer 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/rspb.1928.0057 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Shipley%2C+Arthur+Everett RCN R63440 10 Mar 1861 - 22 Sep 1927 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 13/03/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6154 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes eacab098-e4d6-4428-bb1f-5df107965462