John Stanley Gardiner
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John Stanley Gardiner FRS (24 January 1872 - 28 February 1946) was a British zoologist and oceanographer.
He was born in Belfast in 1872. His research career began in 1896 when he took part in the Royal Society's expedition to Funafuti atoll in the South Pacific ; from then onwards he was recognized as an authority on the distribution of marine animals in general and on the madreporarian corals in particular.
He was a pioneer in the scientific stuudy of coral reefs, conducting a classical study of reefs in the Indian Ocean, with three expeditions there in 1899-1900, 1905 and 1908. He used these expeditions as experience in the preparation of the 1928-1929 Great Barrier Reef Expedition organized at the request of the Governor General of Queensland by a specially formed Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
He was Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
at the University of Cambridge
from 1909-1937. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1908, and won its Darwin Medal
in 1944. He delivered the Lowell Lectures at Harvard in 1930 and won the Linnean Medal
of the Linnean Society of London
in 1936.
He was born in Belfast in 1872. His research career began in 1896 when he took part in the Royal Society's expedition to Funafuti atoll in the South Pacific ; from then onwards he was recognized as an authority on the distribution of marine animals in general and on the madreporarian corals in particular.
He was a pioneer in the scientific stuudy of coral reefs, conducting a classical study of reefs in the Indian Ocean, with three expeditions there in 1899-1900, 1905 and 1908. He used these expeditions as experience in the preparation of the 1928-1929 Great Barrier Reef Expedition organized at the request of the Governor General of Queensland by a specially formed Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
He was Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
Professor of Zoology, Cambridge University
The Professorship of Zoology is a professorship at the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1866 it was originally the 'Professorship of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy', but was renamed in 1934.-Professors of Zoology:* Alfred Newton...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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from 1909-1937. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1908, and won its Darwin Medal
Darwin Medal
The Darwin Medal is awarded by the Royal Society every alternate year for "work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked, notably in evolution, population biology, organismal biology and biological diversity". First awarded in 1890, it was created in...
in 1944. He delivered the Lowell Lectures at Harvard in 1930 and won the Linnean Medal
Linnean Medal
The Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or to one of each in the same year...
of the Linnean Society of London
Linnean Society of London
The Linnean Society of London is the world's premier society for the study and dissemination of taxonomy and natural history. It publishes a zoological journal, as well as botanical and biological journals...
in 1936.
External links
- Janus: Personal papers of John Stanley Gardiner at janus.lib.cam.ac.uk