Frederick_Stratten_Russell

Frederick Stratten Russell

Frederick Stratten Russell

English marine biologist

Sir Frederick Stratten Russell DSC DFC FRS[1] (3 November 1897 – 5 June 1984) was an English marine biologist.

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Russell was born in Bridport, Dorset, and studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. From 1924 he worked for the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth, becoming its director in 1945. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1938, was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1961, and knighted in 1965. The National Marine Biological Library at the Marine Biological Association retains much of Russell's scientific and personal papers for the period 1921-1984.[2]

Russell studied the life histories and distribution of plankton. He also discovered a means of distinguishing between different species of fish shortly after they have hatched. He was the author of The Medusae of the British Isles (1953–1970). He served in both World Wars, being awarded, among others, the Distinguished Flying Cross.

He was the father of W. M. S. Russell.

Taxon named in his honor

References

  1. [1]
    Denton, E. J.; Southward, A. J. (1986). "Frederick Stratten Russell. 3 November 1897-5 June 1984". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 32: 463–493. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1986.0015. JSTOR 770120.
  2. [2]
    Sir Frederick Stratten Russell F.R.S. MBA Archive Collection
  3. [3]
    "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. NO". Hans.G.Hansson. Retrieved 24 April 2018.


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