Edward Turner Bennett
Edward Turner Bennett | |
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Born | Hackney, Middlesex (now London) | 6 January 1797
Died | 21 August 1836 | (aged 39)
Known for | New species of African crocodile, Mecistops leptorhynchus |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine, zoology |
Institutions | Zoological Society of London |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Bennett |
Edward Turner Bennett (6 January 1797 – 21 August 1836) was an English zoologist and writer. He was the elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett.[1] Bennett was born at Hackney and practiced as a surgeon, but his chief pursuit was always zoology. In 1822, he attempted to establish an entomological society, which later became a zoological society in connection with the Linnean Society. This in turn became the starting point of the Zoological Society of London, of which Bennett was Secretary from 1831 to 1836.[2] His works included The Tower Menagerie (1829) and The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society (1831). He also wrote, in conjunction with G. T. Lay, the section on Fishes in the Zoology of Beechey's Voyage (1839). In 1835, he described a new species of African crocodile, Mecistops leptorhynchus, the validity of which was confirmed in 2018.
See also
References
- ^ Bennett, Edward Turner (1797-1836), zoologist by J. C. Edwards in Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed 21 July 2008)
- ^ Mullens, W. H., and H. Kirke Swann. A Bibliography of British Ornithology from the Earliest Times to the End of 1912. London, England: Macmillan, 1917. (Accessed on 5/10/2014.)
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- Works by Edward T. Bennett at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edward Turner Bennett at Internet Archive
- Works by Edward Turner Bennett at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Bennett, Edward Turner (1830–31) The gardens and menagerie of the Zoological Society..., two volumes
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