John Anderson (zoologist)

John Anderson ( born October 4, 1833 in Edinburgh, † August 15, 1900 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England) was a Scottish zoologist.

Life and work

His father Thomas Anderson was secretary of the National Bank of Scotland. John Anderson was born in Edinburgh. He worked in the National Bank of Scotland and studied medicine in Edinburgh in 1861; In the same year he went to India. In 1862 he received from Edinburgh to M.D. He was professor of natural history at the Free Church College in Edinburgh. In 1864 he was curator of the Indian Museum (Imperial Museum of India) in Calcutta. He remained in this position until 1887; he was replaced by James Wood - Mason. Towards 1877 he was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at the Medical College in Calcutta.

Anderson collected intensively zoological specimens in Egypt it was based on his work Zoology of Egypt. During his time in India he also led numerous collection trips through China and Burma. He was the first to describe a whole range of animal species and also by him a few species have been named, including some of the parasitic cancer Sacculina andersoni by Giard, 1887. 1886 Anderson put his offices. He died in 1900 in Buxton, England.

Honors and offices

Anderson was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Linnean Society. In the Royal Society, he was in 1879 as a member ( "Fellow" ) was added. He was also a member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and member of the Senate of the University of Calcutta.

Works

  • Anatomical and zoological researches: Comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella. London 1878 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.55401 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.50434
  • Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Calcutta 1881-1891 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.9179 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.54055
  • A contribution to the herpetology of Arabia: With a preliminary list of the reptiles and batrachians of Egypt. London 1896 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.5473 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.54454
  • Zoology of Egypt. London 1898-1907 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.45263
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