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Sir William Abbott Herdman FRS
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herdman, William Abbott 1858 births 1924 deaths Scientists from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish zoologists Scottish oceanographers Scottish marine biologists Scottish geologists Scottish archaeologists Academics of the University of Liverpool Presidents of the British Science Association Presidents of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal Society Burials at Highgate Cemetery Marine zoologists Scottish knights Knights Bachelor Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Sir William Abbott Herdman FRS FRSE
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and oceanographer
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His zoological author abbreviation is Herdman.
Life
He was born in Edinburgh
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the son of the artist Robert Herdman RSA and his wife, Emma Abbott. They lived at 32 Danube Street. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy
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from 1870 to 1875.
Archibald Geikie
Sir Archibald Geikie (28 December 183510 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer.
Early life
Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of Isabella Thom and her husband James Stuart Geikie, a musician and music critic. T ...
taught him geology during his time at the University of Edinburgh
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. Herdman graduated BSc in 1879 and became the assistant of Sir Charles Wyville Thomson
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. In this capacity he was placed as Secretary to the Challenger Expedition
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The expedition, initiated by Wil ...
Commission: overseeing the deciphering of the huge catalogue of information found during this important exploration.
In 1880 he became Demonstrator of Zoology at the University of Edinburgh
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and then, in 1881, the first holder of the Derby Chair of Natural History at Liverpool University College (later to become the University of Liverpool
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). In 1881 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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. His proposers were Sir Charles Wyville Thomson
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, Sir William Turner
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Life
Turner was born in Lancaster ...
, Sir Archibald Geikie
Sir Archibald Geikie (28 December 183510 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer.
Early life
Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of Isabella Thom and her husband James Stuart Geikie, a musician and music critic. T ...
and Sir John Murray. He won the Society's Neill Prize
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for the period 1880–1883.
In 1890 he founded the research station at Puffin Island off the north Wales coast, appointing Philip Jacob White
Philip Jacob White FRSE (1863–26 December 1929) was a 19th-century British physician and zoologist.
Life
He was born in Purandhar in 1863, the son of the Rev Adam White (1829-1864), a missionary for the Free Church of Scotland in India, o ...
as its Director.
He devoted himself from 1891 to the organization of a laboratory for study of the sea. He endowed the Herdman chair of geology in 1916 and then a chair of Oceanography in 1919. He was the author of ''Founders of Oceanography and Their Work: An Introduction to the Science of the Sea '' (1923) and made many contribution to the scientific study of the fauna of the Irish Sea. He was interested in fisheries and studied in 1901-1902 the harvesting of pearls in Ceylon
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. He was a specialist in tunicate
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s.
Herdman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
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in 1892. He served as president of the Linnean Society
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from 1904 to 1908. He was the president of the British Association
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for 1919–1920.
He died in London
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on 21 July 1924. He is buried in the eastern section of Highgate Cemetery
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Family
He married twice: firstly in 1882 to Sarah Wyse Douglas (1861-1886), daughter of David Douglas, publisher and bookseller, and secondly in 1893 to Jane Brandreth Holt (1867–1922), daughter of the shipping merchantAlfred Holt
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References
External links
*Isle of Man biography page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herdman, William Abbott 1858 births 1924 deaths Scientists from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish zoologists Scottish oceanographers Scottish marine biologists Scottish geologists Scottish archaeologists Academics of the University of Liverpool Presidents of the British Science Association Presidents of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal Society Burials at Highgate Cemetery Marine zoologists Scottish knights Knights Bachelor Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh