George Edward Dobson

George Edward Dobson ( born September 4, 1848 in Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland, † November 26, 1895 in West Malling, Kent, England) was an Irish zoologist, photographer and army doctor. Dobson's research focused on the insectivores and bats.

Life and work

George Edward Dobson was the eldest son of Parke Dobson, a doctor from Killinagh, County Westmeath. Before he studied in Dublin Biology and Medicine at Trinity College, he was educated at the Royal School, Enniskillen. In 1866 he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, in 1867 he graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, and in 1875 a Master of Arts. In 1868, he joined the Medical Corps of the British Army and was stationed in India. In 1872 he was transferred to the Andaman Islands, where he was given the opportunity to make anthropological photographs of the Andaman Islanders. In 1874 he became a member of the Linnean Society of London. In 1876 he returned to England and published his work Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera. In 1878 he was a curator at the Royal Victoria Museum in Netley and published the book Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Between 1882 and 1890 he wrote the Monograph of the Insectivora, Systematic and Anatomical, but from which he was able to complete only the first three volumes for health reasons. In 1883 he became a member of the Royal Society. He was also a member of the korrespondiertes Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and the Biological Society of Washington. In 1888 he retired from the military rank of staff surgeon from military service.

Dedikationsnamen

1898 named Theodore Sherman Palmer the bat genus Dobsonia honor of George Edward Dobson. More Dedikationsnamen are Sphaerotheca dobsoni (1882 by George Albert Boulenger ), Microgale dobsoni ( 1884 Oldfield Thomas ) and Epomops dobsoni (1889 by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage ).

Works (selection)

  • Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum (1878 )
  • On the Andamans and Andamanese (1875 )
  • Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera (1876 )
  • A monograph of the insectivora: systematic and anatomical: including the families Erinaceidae, Centetidae and Solenodontidae, Potamogalidae, Chrysochloridae, Talpidae and Soricidae (3 volumes, John Van Voorst, London, 1882-1890. )
  • Medical Hints to Travellers. Royal Geographical Society. (1889 )
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