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George Edward Dobson
Born 4 September 1848 (1848-09-04 ) Died
26 November 1895 (1895-11-27 ) (aged 47 )
Nationality Irish Scientific career Fields zoology
George Edward Dobson FRS FLS FZS (4 September 1848 at Edgeworthstown, County Longford , Ireland – 26 November 1895) was an Irish zoologist , photographer and army surgeon . He took a special interest in bats, describing many new species, and some species have been named after him.
Biography [ edit ]
Dobson was the eldest son of Parke Dobson [1] [2] Enniskillen and then at Trinity College, Dublin .[1] Bachelor of Arts in 1866, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Master of Surgery in 1867 and Master of Arts in 1875.[1] [2] [3]
He became an army surgeon after 1867 serving in India and rose to the position of surgeon major.[4] Andaman Islands , collecting zoological specimens for the Indian Museum along with Wood-Mason,[5] Andamanese peoples .[6]
Around 1878, he became curator of the Royal Victoria Museum at Netley .[7]
Achievements [ edit ]
Dobson was an expert on small mammals , especially bats (Chiroptera ) and Insectivora . He was a member of several scientific societies , the Royal Society (elected 1883), the Linnean Society of London and the Zoological Society of London . He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and of the Biological Society of Washington .[8]
Catalogue of the Chiroptera in Collection of British Museum (1878)
Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera (1876)
A Monograph of the Insectivora, systematic and anatomical (three parts, John Van Voorst, Londres, 1882-1890.
In addition Dobson also contributed to the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica where he wrote the accounts about the vampyre bats, the moles and the shrews.[9]
References [ edit ]
^ Ormsby, Lambert Hepenstal (1888). Medical history of the Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary
^ Bohan, Rob; Lunney, Linde (2009). "Dobson, George Edward". In McGuire, J.; Quinn, J. (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography
^ Ball, V. (1872). "Notes on the collection of birds made in the Andaman Islands by Asst. Surgeon G. E. Dobson during the months April and May, 1868" . J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal . 41 2 ): 273–290.
^ Dobson, G. E. (1875). "On the Andamans and Andamanese" . The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland . 4 doi :10.2307/2840987 . ISSN 0959-5295 . JSTOR 2840987 .
^ Hugh Chisholm : The Encyclopædia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information (1910-1922 ) p. VIII
^ New York Times Obituary: George Edward Dobson dead. 26 November 1895
^ Lee, Sidney , ed. (1901). "Dobson, George Edward" Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement)
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