Joseph Jackson Lister (naturalist)

Joseph Jackson Lister ( born August 3, 1857 in Leytonstone, Essex, † February 5, 1927 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire ) was an English zoologist and botanist. His research focus were the foraminifera. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " JJLister ".

Life and work

Lister was the son of wine merchant and mycologists Arthur Lister (1830-1908) and the brother of the mycologist Gulielma Lister ( 1860-1949 ). His uncle Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister ( 1827-1912 ) was a famous Quaker and physicians. In 1876 he was admitted at St John 's College, Cambridge ( Michaelmas Matriculation ). In 1880 he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1883 and his Master of Arts. In 1881 he was Demonstrator of Comparative Anatomy at St John 's College and 1892 primary lecturer in animal morphology at the University of Cambridge. As a naturalist Lister undertook two voyages on the survey ship HMS Egeria. The first went into the Indian Ocean and the second in the South Pacific. In 1887, he gathered with other officers of HMS Egeria plants on Christmas Island. Other Destinations of Lister were the Seychelles, Tonga, the Union Islands ( Tokelau today ), the Phoenix Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Bhutan, Algeria and the Canary Islands. In 1900 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Lister dealt with several different organisms, including birds and plants. However, his main focus was on the foraminifera, which he wrote in 1895 the first substantial illustration of the life cycle. Next he published the first descriptions of scientific Christmas Island Buschkauz ( Ninox natalis ) and White-fronted White-eye ( Zosterops natalis ).

Dedikationsnamen

After Joseph Jackson Lister, among other things, the orchid Phreatia listeri, the palm arenga listeri, Abutilon Lister and Lister Lepidodactylus gecko species are named. Oldfield Thomas named 1916, the long-tailed giant rat Leopoldamys Lister Lister. The taxon is, however, now invalid and is synonymous with Leopoldamys edwardsi.