Sidnie Milana Manton, FRS (4 May 1902 — 2 January 1979) was a British entomologist.

Early life

Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, London the daughter of a dentist. Her sister was Irene Manton

Irene Manton

Irene Manton, FRS was a British botanist. She was noted for study of ferns, algae and bums.-Biography:...

 (FRS), a botanist, She was educated in Kensington and at St. Paul's Girls' School before joining Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College, Cambridge

Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the...

 in 1921.

Career

Manton joined Cambridge University and worked on the evolution of the arthropod

Arthropod

An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton , a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods are members of the phylum Arthropoda , and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others...

s, publishing "The Arthropoda: Habits, Functional Morphology and Evolution" in 1977.

She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1948.

Personal life

Manton married John Philip Harding in 1937. They had one son and one daughter.

External links

• http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/7430/Manton-Sidnie-Milana.html