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'''Harold Munro Fox''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (28 September 1889 - 29 January 1967) was a [[UK|British]] [[zoologist]]. |
'''Harold Munro Fox''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (28 September 1889 - 29 January 1967) was a [[UK|British]] [[zoologist]]. |
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He was born Harold Munro Fuchs in Clapham, London in 1889 to George Gotthilf Fuchs (at one time a captain in the Prussian Army) and Margaret Isabella Munro, daughter of Lt-Col Andrew Munro. He was educated at [[Brighton College]] and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read for the Natural Sciences Tripos(1908-1911). <ref>http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/guidef.htm#HMFox</ref> |
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After graduation he worked at the Plymouth Laboratory of the [[Marine Biological Association]] of the United Kingdom (1911-1912) and at the [[Stazione Zoologica]], Naples in 1912. In 1913 he was appointed Lecturer in Zoology, Royal College of Science (later known as Imperial College), London. During the First World War he enlisted in the Army Service Corps and served in the Balkans, Egypt, Salonika, and Palestine, changing his name by deed poll to Fox. After the war he accepted an invitation to join the staff as Lecturer at Government School of Medicine, Cairo (1919-1923). |
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He led an expedition to study the fauna of the Suez Canal during 1924-1925 and then returned to the UK to become head of the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at [[Birmingham University]] from 1927 to 1941. He was Professor of Zoology, [[Bedford College]], London from 1941 to 1954. On retirement he moved to Queen Mary College, London as a Research Associate. |
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== References == |
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* Smith, J.E. (1968). "Harold Munro Fox. 1889-1967". ''[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]].'' v. 14, pp 206-222. |
* Smith, J.E. (1968). "Harold Munro Fox. 1889-1967". ''[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]].'' v. 14, pp 206-222. |
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*[http://http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/guidef.htm#HMFox Biography] |
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Revision as of 14:41, 21 June 2010
Harold Munro Fox FRS (28 September 1889 - 29 January 1967) was a British zoologist.
He was born Harold Munro Fuchs in Clapham, London in 1889 to George Gotthilf Fuchs (at one time a captain in the Prussian Army) and Margaret Isabella Munro, daughter of Lt-Col Andrew Munro. He was educated at Brighton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read for the Natural Sciences Tripos(1908-1911). [1]
After graduation he worked at the Plymouth Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (1911-1912) and at the Stazione Zoologica, Naples in 1912. In 1913 he was appointed Lecturer in Zoology, Royal College of Science (later known as Imperial College), London. During the First World War he enlisted in the Army Service Corps and served in the Balkans, Egypt, Salonika, and Palestine, changing his name by deed poll to Fox. After the war he accepted an invitation to join the staff as Lecturer at Government School of Medicine, Cairo (1919-1923).
He led an expedition to study the fauna of the Suez Canal during 1924-1925 and then returned to the UK to become head of the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at Birmingham University from 1927 to 1941. He was Professor of Zoology, Bedford College, London from 1941 to 1954. On retirement he moved to Queen Mary College, London as a Research Associate.
His research focused on researching marine invertebrates and ostracod crustacea. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1937 and won its Darwin Medal in 1966.
References
- Smith, J.E. (1968). "Harold Munro Fox. 1889-1967". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. v. 14, pp 206-222.
- Biography
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