RefNoLC/1944/15
LevelItem
TitleNorman, John Roxbrough
Date18 August 1943
DescriptionCertificate of Candidate Election to the Fellowship
Lapsed 1944
Deceased 26 May 1944
CitationDistinguished for his knowledge of fishes. The author of over seventy publications dealing with the anatomy and taxonomy of a wide range of recent fishes including a monograph of the Heterosomata (Ratfishes); the morphology and development of the chondrolzanium of bony fishes; the Ocianic fishes of the 'Discovery' Expedition; reports on collections obtained by various expeditions of the 'Discovery', by the Cambridge Suez Canal, Antarctic research and John Murray expeditions. Author of a volume on "The history of fishes". A list of papers attached.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge; C Forster-Cooper; D M S Watson; J Stanley Gardiner; J Gray; C F A Pantin; R B Seymour Sewell; Martin A C Hinton; W T Calman; Arthur Smith Woodward; A C Hardy; Stanley Kemp
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionPaper, manuscript
NotesDeceased 26 May 1944
AccessStatusOpen
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