| Authorised form of name | Fryer; Geoffrey; biologist |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 06/08/1927 |
| Date of death | 18 March 2024 |
| Occupation | biologist |
| Research field | Limnology |
| Developmental biology |
| Vertebrate zoology |
| Invertebrate zoology |
| Activity | Education:
Huddersfield College; University of London PhD
Career:
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Windermere Laboratory; Deputy at the Freshwater Biological Association (1981-1988); Honorary Professor at the University of Lancaster (1988); retired from the Fresh Water Biological Association (1988); retired to Gloucestershire (2022).
Awards/Medals:
Frink Medal 1983
Linnean Medal 1987 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1972 |
| Age at election | 44 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1978-1980 |
| Relationships | Spouse: Vivienne Hodgson
Children: One son and one daughter. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 768
RCN 17604
RCN 9247
RCN 9246 |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished for his work on the fishes of the Great Lakes of Africa and on the small Crustacea, in which he correlated anatomical structure with habits and ecological requirements in great detail.
Made a notable contribution to molluscan knowledge by his study of development in mutilid (bivalve) molluscs with first description of the unique haustorial larva.
His most important advances were made on the feeding mechanisms, habits, ecology and evolution of the many groups of Cladocera (and other Crustacea) where he applied engineering principles to microanatomy in a manner never yet equalled, and which is throwing most important light on the modes of evolution and relationships of these animals.
The cichlid Alticorpus geoffreyi and the Lake Malawi cichlid Sciaenochromis fryeri are named after him. |
| Source | Fellows Directory, Professor Geoffrey Fryer FRS, on The Royal Society website [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/geoffrey-fryer-11471/; last accessed: 04/12/2024]. |
| Code | NA3960 |
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