The Percy Sladen Memorial Trust is a
trust fund administered by the
Linnean Society of London for the support of scientific research. It was endowed by
Constance Sladen
Constance Sladen (11 August 184817 January 1906) was an artist, architectural historian, and philanthropist who was one of the first female members of the Linnean Society of London and founded the Percy Sladen Memorial Trust in memory of her la ...
, who was married to the marine biologist
Percy Sladen
Walter Percy Sladen (30 June 1849 – 11 June 1900) was an English biologist who specialised in starfish.
The son of a wealthy leather merchant, Sladen was born near Halifax, Yorkshire on 30 June 1849. He was educated at Hipperholme Grammar Sc ...
(1849–1900), in his memory.
The Trust has in general been devoted to the support of field work. Major scientific expeditions that have been funded under the Trust include:
* the
Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use ...
(1905)
[The reports of this expedition were published in three volumes of the ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.2nd Series: Zoology]
Volume I (Volume 12 of the journal, 1907-9)Volume II (Volume 13, 1909-10)Volume III (Volume 14, 1910-12)
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* the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Melanesia
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use ...
;
* the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to West Africa
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use ...
;
* the Percy Sladen Trust Expeditions to the Abrolhos Islands The Percy Sladen Trust Expeditions to the Abrolhos Islands were two scientific expeditions, conducted in 1913 and 1915 under the leadership of Professor William John Dakin and funded by the Percy Sladen Trust. These expeditions conducted extensive ...
(1913,1915);
* the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Lake Titicaca
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use ...
(1937)
Other uses of the fund include a grant to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...
, towards curation of the Sladen Collection of echinoderms.
References
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Linnean Society of London
Wills and trusts in the United Kingdom