Alfred James Peile (5 August 1868 – 13 July 1948) was a British army officer and amateur

malacologist Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

who was an expert on the radulae of gastropods.

Life

Peile was educated at

Cheltenham College ("Work Conquers All") , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent School Day and Boarding School , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Nicola Hugget ...

and trained at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. During his military career he served in India, Bermuda and South Africa, as well as in France during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. Following retirement from the army with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1920, Peile was an honorary curator at the Department of Mollusca at the

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

in London, and published over fifty malacological papers. He was also President of the

Malacological Society of London The Malacological Society of London is a British learned society and charitable organisation concerned with malacology, the study of molluscs, a large phylum of invertebrate animals divided into nine or ten taxonomic classes, of which two ar ...

1925–1927, and of the

Conchological Society The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland is a British-based society concerned with the study of molluscs and their shells. It was founded in 1876, and is one of the oldest such societies in the world. It is a registered UK charity ( ...

1935–1937.

References

1868 births 1948 deaths People from London Royal Artillery officers English malacologists People associated with the Natural History Museum, London Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich {{England-biologist-stub