Richard Norris Wolfenden (1854-1926) was an English physician and oceanographer.

Life

Wolfenden was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. He practised as a London physician, and lectured in physiology at the

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medical school. He was House Physician at the

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and Senior Physician at the Throat Hospital, Golden Square, London. He founded and edited the ''Journal of Laryngology and Rhinology''. As well as his medical practice, Wolfenden also interested himself in oceanography.Damkaer, D. M., 'Determination and enthusiasm: Richard Norris Wolfenden (1854-1926), his plankton studies and other things oceanographical', ''Archives of Natural History'' 27:2 (2000), 209-29 Together with

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, Wolfenden founded the Challenger Society for Marine Science in 1903.

Works

* ''On infantile cerebral paralysis'', 1886 * ''Studies in pathological anatomy, especially in relation to laryngeal neoplasms'', 1888 * ''Copepoda'', 1908 * ''Scientific and biological researches in the North Atlantic : conducted by the author on his yachts 'The Walwin' and 'The Silver Belle''', 1909

References

Sources

*J. Dundas-Grant, "In memoriam: R. Norris Wolfenden", ''Journal of laryngology and otology'', 1926, pp. 833–834 *D.M. Damkaer, "R. Norris Wolfenden, M.D.: the medical episode", ''Journal of laryngology and otology,'' 1989, 103: 1005-1013 1854 births 1926 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge English oceanographers 20th-century English medical doctors {{geographer-stub