Sidney Frederic Harmer

Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer, KBE, FRS[1] (9 March 1862 – 22 October 1950) was a British zoologist.[2] He was President of the Linnean Society 1927–1931 and was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1934.[3]

Sidney Harmer was Superintendent of the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology from 1892 to 1908,[4] Keeper of Zoology at the Natural History Museum from 1909 to 1921 and director of the Museum from 1919 to 1927.[5] His research library is held in the National Marine Biological Library at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth.

He was made KBE in the 1920 civilian war honours.[6]

He was the father of Russell Harmer, the gold medal-winning British sailor, and great uncle of the actress and writer Juliet Harmer, best known for her role in the 1960s TV series Adam Adamant Lives!.

Selected publications
  • On the structure and development of Loxosoma. 1885.
  • On the life-history of Pedicellina. 1886.
  • On the British species of Crisia. 1891.
  • as editor with Sir Arthur Shipley: Cambridge Natural History, series published 1895–. London: Macmillan & Co.
  • Hemichordata. Cambridge Natural History. Vol. 7. 1910.
  • with Richard Lydekker: Guide to the whales, porpoises, and dolphins (order Cetacea), exhibited in the Department of zoology, British museum (Natural history) (2nd ed.). 1922.

References
  1. Calman, W. T. (1951). "Sidney Frederic Harmer. 1862-1950". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7 (20): 359–371. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1951.0007. JSTOR 769025.
  2. "Harmer, Sidney Frederic". Who's Who: 1096. 1919.
  3. "Harmer, Sidney Harmer (HRMR880SF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. "Cambridge University Museum of Zoology: Histories & Archives". Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. Photo and brief bio for Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer from National Marine Biological Library of U.K.
  6. "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3759.


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