Charles Wyndford Parsons FRSE (1901-1950) was a 20th-century British zoologist.

Life

He was born in Swansea on 22 July 1901. He was educated at

Bristol Grammar School Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, independent day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorn ...

then studied Zoology at

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graduating MA in 1924. He then began lecturing in Zoology at

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. In 1933 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir

John Graham Kerr Sir John Graham Kerr (18 September 1869 – 21 April 1957), known to his friends as Graham Kerr, was a British embryologist and Unionist Member of Parliament (MP). He is best known for his studies of the embryology of lungfishes. He was involv ...

, Robert Staig, James Chumley and John Walton. He died suddenly on 26 August 1950 aged only 49.

References

1901 births 1950 deaths Scientists from Swansea Alumni of the University of Cambridge 20th-century British zoologists Academics of the University of Glasgow Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh {{UK-zoologist-stub