J. P. Harding
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John Philip Harding (12 November 1911 – 14 July 1998) was a British zoologist,
Keeper of Zoology The Keeper of Zoology was a zoological academic position within the Natural History Museum in London, England. The Keeper of Zoology acted as the head of the Department of Zoology. The following is a list of those who have held this position, whic ...
at the Natural History Museum from 1954 to 1971 and professor at
Westfield College, London Westfield College was a small college situated in Hampstead, London, from 1882 to 1989. It was the first college to aim to educate women for University of London degrees from its opening. The college originally admitted only women as students and ...
from 1971 until retirement in 1977. In 1937 he married
Sidnie Manton Sidnie Milana Manton (4 May 1902 – 2 January 1979) was an influential British zoologist. She is known for making advances in the field of functional morphology. She is regarded as being one of the most outstanding zoologists of the twentieth ...
; they had a daughter Elizabeth (born 1939) and adopted a son.


References

* ‘HARDING, John Philip’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
accessed 6 Aug 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, J. P. Academics of Westfield College Harding, John Employees of the Natural History Museum, London 1998 deaths 1911 births