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Authorised form of nameDendy; Arthur (1865 - 1925); zoologist
Dates1865 - 1925
NationalityBritish
Place of birthPatricroft, Manchester, England
Date of birth20 January 1865
Place of deathKing's College Hospital, London, England
Date of death24/03/1925
Occupationzoologist
Research fieldZoology
Biology
ActivityEducation:
Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester (M.Sc., 1887; D.Sc., 1891)
Career:
Joined editorial staff in compiling reports of the Challenger, including monaxonid sponges (1885); employed to the British Museum, Natural History (1886); demonstrator and assistant lecturer at the University of Melbourne (1888); identified and described almost two thousand specimens of sponges as part of the Por Phillip Biological Survey by the Royal Society of Victori (1887); professor of biology at Canterbury College, University of New Zealand (1893); professor of biology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa (1903); professor of zoology at King’s College, London (1905); died following an operation for chronic appendicitis (1925).
Memberships:
Hon RSNZ (1907)
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
The Royal Society of Victoria
Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/05/1908
Age at election43
ProposerArthur Smith Woodward; Harry Govier Seeley; William DobinsonHalliburton; Edwin Stephen Goodrich; Peter Chalmers Mitchell; Alfred William Alcock
William Abbott Herdman; Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing; Edward Bagnall Poulton; Frederick Du Cane Godman; Frank Evers Beddard; Alfred MerleNorman; George Albert Boulenger
RelationshipsParents: John Dendy, silk manufacturer, and Sarah, née Beard.
Spouse: Ada Margaret Courtauld (5 December 1888 ).
Children: Three daughters, one son.
Published worksRCN 18790
RCN 18792
RCN 36355
RCN 36356
RCN 18782
RCN 18786
RCN 18793
RCN 18794
RCN 18787
RCN 18791
RCN 18788
General contextBecame world authority on phylum Porifera.
The first to carry out systematic research on on the cryptic terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Victoria.
Cointed the term cryptozoa.
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Australian Dictionary of National Biography (URL: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dendy-arthur-5951; last accessed: 03/07/2024).
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1926 vol 99 pp xxxiii-xxxv, plate, signed by E W M
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/33518665
Royal Society codeNA2894
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
RR/17/384Referee's report by Hans Friedrich Gadow, on a paper 'The intercranial vascular system of sphenodon' by Arthur DendyApril 1909
RR/18/25Referee's report by Edwin Stephen Goodrich, on a paper 'On the structure, development and morphological interpretation of the pineal organs and adjacent parts of the brain in the tuatara (sphenodon punctatus)' by Arthur DendyJuly 1910
MC/32/71Letter from Arthur Dendy, Vale Lodge, Hampstead, N.W 3, to [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]19 May 1917
NLB/39/8Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Harrison & Sons13 November 1908
NLB/37/871Copy Letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to W [William] Barlow, Fellow of the Royal Society26 May 1908
NLB/40/594Copy letter from John Rose Bradford Secretary RS to J [James] H [Herbert] Orton, c/o Professor [Arthur] Dendy FRS30 June 1909
NLB/40/295Copy letter from John Rose Bradford to Professor A [Arthur] Dendy FRS 19 May 1909
NLB/40/71Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr John Rose Bradford, Sec RS 1 April 1909
NLB/40/70Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr S [Sidney] F [Frederic] Harmer FRS2 April 1909
NLB/42/519Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor A [Arthur] Dendy FRS 27 June 1910
NLB/51/107Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor Arthur Dendy FRS12 December 1914
NLB/45/546Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor A [Arthur] Dendy FRS25 March 1912
NLB/60/615Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS3 March 1921
RR/18/151Referee's report by Arthur Dendy, on a paper 'Some phenomena of regeneration in sycon: with a note on the structure of its collar-cells' by Julian Sorell HuxleyMarch 1911
RR/22/31Referee's report by Arthur Dendy, on a paper 'Insect association of a local environmental complex in the district of Holmes Chapel' by Alfred E Cameron29 December 1915
NLB/54/652Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS16 July 1917
NLB/57/202Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. A [Professor Arthur] Dendy, FRS14 August 1919
NLB/55/306Copy letter from [William Abbott] Herdman, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS22 February 1918
NLB/53/566Copy letter from [William Bate] Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Professor Arthur Dendy, FRS31 October 1916
NLB/64/507Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS26 April 1923
RR/18/52Referee's report by Arthur Dendy, on a paper 'On a remarkable pharetronid sponge from Christmas Island' by R KirkpatrickOctober 1910
NLB/55/260Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS05 February 1918
NLB/58/387Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS28 April 1920
NLB/59/389Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS27 September 1920
NLB/57/849Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor A [Arthur] Dendy, FRS21 February 1920
NLB/60/852Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS15 April 1921
NLB/57/369Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS28 October 1919
NLB/60/363Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS22 January 1921
RR/17/293Referee's report by Arthur Dendy, on a paper 'An investigation on the anatomical structure and relationships of the labyrinth in the reptile, the bird and the mammal' by Albert A Gray July 1908
NLB/57/365Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS27 October 1919
NLB/57/203Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor O'Donoghue14 August 1919
NLB/60/893Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS22 April 1921
NLB/57/815Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor A [Arthur] Dendy, FRS12 February 1920
NLB/57/731Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor A [Arthur] Dendy, FRS29 January 1920
NLB/57/756Copy letter from unknown correspondent, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS30 January 1920
NLB/62/566Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS9 March 1922
NLB/57/808Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor A [Arthur] Dendy, FRS12 February 1920
NLB/57/866Copy letter from [Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS] Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor A [Sir Arthur] Dendy, FRS26 February 1920
NLB/57/87Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor WA [Sir William Abbott] Herdman, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society15 July 1919
NLB/57/158Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Sir William Abbott] Herdman, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society31 July 1919
NLB/57/323Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor W [Sir William Abbott] Herdman, FRS, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society16 October 1919
NLB/68/71Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor D'Arcy [Wentworth] Thompson, CB, FRS8 May 1925
NLB/66/427Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Arthur] Dendy, FRS7 May 1924
NLB/67/24Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, KBE, FRS2 October 1924
NLB/67/240Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS19 November 1924
NLB/67/43Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, KBE, FRS9 October 1924
NLB/67/867Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS30 March 1925
NLB/68/121Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor D'Arcy [Wentworth] Thompson, CB, FRS15 May 1925
NLB/68/844Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest William] MacBride, FRS12 November 1925
NLB/68/725Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor D'Arcy [Wentworth] Thompson, FRS22 October 1925
NLB/68/758Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest William] MacBride, FRS30 October 1925
IM/Maull/001127Dendy, Arthurnd
RR/18/26Referee's report by Grafton Elliot Smith, on a paper 'On the structure, development and morphological interpretation of the pineal organs and adjacent parts of the brain in the tuatara (sphenodon punctatus)' by Arthur DendyJuly 1910
NLB/57/160Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS31 July 1919
RR/30/39Referee's report by William Bateson, on a paper 'On an orthogenetic series of growth forms in certain Tetraxonid Sponge Spicules' by Arthur Dendy8 October 1924
EC/1908/04Dendy, Arthur: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001128Dendy, Arthur1922
NLB/45/514Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor A [Arthur] Dendy FRS19 March 1912
RR/19/2Referee's report by Arthur Dendy, on a paper 'Transmission of environmental effects from parent to offspring in Simocephalus vetulus' by Wilfred Eade Agar[November 1912]
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
MC/23/259Letter from [Dukinfield Henry] Scott, Arthur Dendy, and [Benjamin] Daydon Jackson, Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, to the Royal SocietyApril 1908
MC/27/127Letter from [John] Stanley Gardiner, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society30 October 1912
MC/29/55Letter from Arthur Dendy, Vale Lodge, Hampstead, N.W, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]15 December 1914
NLB/55/125Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS10 December 1917
NLB/54/457Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Professor [Arthur] Dendy, FRS8 May 1917
MC/32/72Letter from Arthur Dendy, University of London, King's Collge, Strand, W.C 2, to [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]5 December 1917
MC/22/59Letter from [Arthur] Dendy, King's College (University of London), Strand, to the Secretary of the Royal Society22 July 1907
MC/22Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1907
MC/35Volume 35 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1921
MC/35/47Letter from Arthur Dendy, University of London, King's College, Strand, to [William Bate] Hardy, The Royal Society14 April 1921
MC/37/30Letter from [Arthur] Dendy, University of London, King's College, Strand, W.C.2., to The Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society6 February 1923
MC/39Volume 39 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1925
MC/39/105Letter from [?], St Andrews, to [William Bate] Hardy18 October 1925
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