Peter Humphry Greenwood FRS

FIBiol The Institute of Biology (IoB) was a professional body for biologists, primarily those working in the United Kingdom. The Institute was founded in 1950 by the Biological Council: the then umbrella body for Britain's many learned biological societi ...

(21 April 1927 – 3 March 1995) was an English

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

. Humphry married fellow student Marjorie George (1924 – 2006) in 1950. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1985. He was known for his work on the species flocks of cichlids in the African Great Lakes, and for studies of the phylogeny and systematics of teleosts.

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The cichlid fish ''

Diplotaxodon greenwoodi ''Diplotaxodon greenwoodi'' is a species of haplochromine cichlid which is endemic to Lake Malawi. It occurs in the reef and shelf zones of the lake where it preys on small cichlids. The specific name honours the English ichthyologist Peter Hump ...

'' is named for him. Also '' Brachyaetoides greenwoodi'' Bonde, 2008 is named for him. As is ''

Enteromius greenwoodi ''Enteromius greenwoodi'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Enteromius'' from Angola. Size This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of Peter Humphry Greenwood (1927-1995), the Curator of the Fish Sect ...

'' ( Poll 1967).

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* 1927 births 1995 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society English ichthyologists 20th-century British zoologists Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{UK-zoologist-stub

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