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'''Gilbert Charles Bourne''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (5 July |
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[[File:Gilb. C. Bourne LCCN2014719365.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gilbert C. Bourne]] |
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⚫ | '''Gilbert Charles Bourne''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (5 July 1861 – 9 March 1933) also known as 'Beja' Bourne, was a British zoologist.<ref name="[Royal Society">{{cite web|url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royobits/1/2/126|title=Royal Society - Gilbert Charles Bourne. 1861-1933|work=[[Royal Society]]|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=S. J. H.|date=1 December 1933|journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]|volume=1|issue=2|pages=126–130|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1933.0009|url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royobits/1/2/126|accessdate=14 November 2016|title=Gilbert Charles Bourne, 1861-1933|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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[[File:Gilbert Charles Bourne his stone.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Memorial near Ifley lock, Oxford.]] |
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⚫ | Bourne was admitted as an undergraduate of [[New College, Oxford]], before becoming a Fellow of [[Merton College, Oxford]] and [[Linacre Professor of Zoology|Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy]] at the University of Oxford from 1906 to 1921.<ref name="MCreg">{{cite book|editor1-last=Levens|editor1-first=R.G.C.|title=Merton College Register 1900–1964|date=1964|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|page=52}}</ref><ref name="Department of Zoology, University of Oxford - A History of the Department">{{cite web|url=http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/history|title=A History of the Department|work=[[Department of Zoology, University of Oxford]]|publisher=[[University of Oxford]]|accessdate=19 November 2016|archive-date=12 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112231816/http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/history|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Apart from his scientific work, Bourne was a keen soldier. He was an officer in the 4th ([[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]]) Battalion of [[The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)]] from 1882 until 1897, when he resigned as [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] and honorary [[Major (British Army and Royal Marines)|major]]. On the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]] in [[South Africa]] in late 1899, he re-entered the battalion and was appointed to the rank of major on 8 November 1899 and honorary [[Lieutenant colonel (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 28 February 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27169 |page=1354| date=27 February 1900}}</ref> serving as second in command while the battalion was stationed in Ireland. He later saw service during the [[First |
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Whilst an undergraduate, Bourne rowed at bow in the winning Oxford crew in the [[The Boat Race 1882|1882 Boat Race]]. He returned in the bow seat of the Oxford crew the following year, winning the [[The Boat Race 1883|1883 Boat Race]]. His son, [[Robert Croft Bourne]], also rowed for Oxford, stroking them to wins over Cambridge in the Boat Race in [[The Boat Race 1909|1909]], [[The Boat Race 1910|1910]], [[The Boat Race 1911|1911]], and [[The Boat Race 1912|1912]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heartheboatsing.com/2010/06/03/the-bournes-2-the-ugly-stroke/|title=The Bournes: 2 – 'The Ugly Stroke' |date=3 June 2010 }}</ref> |
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Bourne was a rowing coach and theorist. He designed racing boats, and modelled the gearing of oars. In 1925 he published "A Text-Book of Oarsmanship with an Essay on Muscular Action in Rowing", which was an early treatise on rowing technique.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heartheboatsing.com/2010/06/04/the-bournes-3-the-theoretical-coach/|title=The Bournes: 3 – the Theoretical Coach |date=4 June 2010 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | Apart from his scientific work, Bourne was a keen soldier. He was an officer in the 4th ([[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]]) Battalion of [[The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)]] from 1882 until 1897, when he resigned as [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] and honorary [[Major (British Army and Royal Marines)|major]]. On the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]] in [[South Africa]] in late 1899, he re-entered the battalion and was appointed to the rank of major on 8 November 1899 and honorary [[Lieutenant colonel (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 28 February 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27169 |page=1354| date=27 February 1900}}</ref> serving as second in command while the battalion was stationed in Ireland. He later saw service during the [[First World War]] and was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 12th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=E.S.|title=Oxford University Roll of Service|date=1920|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|page=183}}</ref><ref name="[Royal Society" /> |
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Gilbert Charles Bourne FRS (5 July 1861 – 9 March 1933) also known as 'Beja' Bourne, was a British zoologist.[1][2]
Bourne was admitted as an undergraduate of New College, Oxford, before becoming a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford and Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy at the University of Oxford from 1906 to 1921.[3][4]
Whilst an undergraduate, Bourne rowed at bow in the winning Oxford crew in the 1882 Boat Race. He returned in the bow seat of the Oxford crew the following year, winning the 1883 Boat Race. His son, Robert Croft Bourne, also rowed for Oxford, stroking them to wins over Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912.[5]
Bourne was a rowing coach and theorist. He designed racing boats, and modelled the gearing of oars. In 1925 he published "A Text-Book of Oarsmanship with an Essay on Muscular Action in Rowing", which was an early treatise on rowing technique.[6]
Apart from his scientific work, Bourne was a keen soldier. He was an officer in the 4th (Militia) Battalion of The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) from 1882 until 1897, when he resigned as captain and honorary major. On the outbreak of the Second Boer WarinSouth Africa in late 1899, he re-entered the battalion and was appointed to the rank of major on 8 November 1899 and honorary lieutenant-colonel on 28 February 1900,[7] serving as second in command while the battalion was stationed in Ireland. He later saw service during the First World War and was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 12th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment.[8][1]
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