Ernest Ruthven Sykes (1867-1954) was a

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

from Great Britain.Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009)
''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed.''
, 830 pp. & 32 pp. nnex of Collations American Malacological Society He married Gladys, who was a daughter of his malacological colleague

James Cosmo Melvill Sir James Cosmo Melvill (8 June 1792 – 23 July 1861) was a British administrator who served as the last secretary of the East India Company. Life Born at Guernsey, he was the third but eldest surviving son of Philip Melvill (1762–1811), ...

. He published 99 malacological articles.Rees W. J. (1962). "ERNEST RUTHVEN SYKES (1867-1954)". ''

Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History The ''Archives of Natural History'' (formerly the ''Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History'') is a peer-reviewed academic journal and the official journal of the Society for the History of Natural History. It publishes pa ...

''. 4(1): 20-27. .

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* 1867 births 1954 deaths British malacologists {{UK-zoologist-stub