Walter Edward Collinge

Walter Edward Collinge FSA FES FLS (19 April 1867–24 November 1947)[1] was a British zoologist and museum curator.[2] He is notable for his academic work on terrestrial slugs and Isopoda and on economic biology.[3][4]

Dr.

Walter Edward Collinge

FSA FES FLS
Walter Collinge in a suit, sat a table covered with laboratory equipment
Collinge at the Cooper Research Laboratory in 1909
Born19 April 1867
Huddersfield, England
DiedNovember 24, 1947(1947-11-24) (aged 80)
York, England
Occupation(s)Zoologist
Museum curator
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
Academic work
DisciplineZoology
Sub-disciplineIsopoda
Ornithology
Institutions
  • University of St. Andrews
  • Birmingham University
  • Yorkshire Museum

Early life and education

Collinge was born in Huddersfield. He undertook his first degree at Leeds University before becoming a demonstrator in zoology at the University of St Andrews in 1891.[4]

Career

Collinge was a lecturer in zoology and comparative anatomy at Birmingham University when it was founded in 1900.[4] He was director of the Cooper Research Laboratory and edited the first volume of its journal in 1909.[5] From 1915–1919 he returned to St. Andrew's as the Carnegie Research Fellow at the Gatty Marine Laboratory.[4] He became Keeper of the Yorkshire Museum in March 1921 and stayed in this post until his retirement in March 1941.[2][4][6] During his tenure at the Yorkshire Museum, Collinge devoted much of his academic attention to the economic aspects of ornithology.[3]

Collinge was a member of many learned societies. He was a member of the British Numismatic Society,[7] a 'foreign member' of the American Association of Economic Entomologists, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, joint secretary of the Association of Economic Biologists,[8] and a member of the British Ornithologists' Union.[3] He was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, the Linnean Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London, and had served as president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.[4]

Binominal authority

Collinge identified several species as new to science,Note 1 including Arion flagellus,[9] Cryptosemelus gracilis,[10] and Microparmarion pollonerai.[11]

Two species are named in honour of Collinge, Clanculus collingei and Streptaxis collingei.[12]

Publications

Note
1.^ A full list of the described species of molluscs by Collinge is here.

References
  1. From paper archive in the Yorkshire Museum
  2. Pyrah, B. (1988). The History of the Yorkshire Museum and its Geological Collections. North Yorkshire County Council. pp. 116–117.
  3. "Obituaries: Walter Edward Collinge, 1867–1947". International Journal of Avian Science. 90 (3): 476. 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1948.tb01708.x.
  4. "Obituary- Walter Edward Collinge, 1867–1947". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 28 (1): 3. 1949.
  5. "Introduction". Journal of the Cooper Research Laboratory. 1: 1909.
  6. "Obituary: Dr. Walter E Collinge, 1867–1947". Annual Report and Transactions of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Vol. 1947–1948. 12 April 1948. p. 7.
  7. "List of Members" (PDF). British Numismatic Journal. 19: 309–323. 1927–1928.
  8. Collinge, W. E. (1913). The Food of Some British Wild Birds: A Study in Economic Ornithology. Dulau & Co.
  9. "Arion flagellus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  10. "Cryptosemelus gracilis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  11. "Microparmarion pollonerai". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  12. "Shellers from the Past: Collinge, Walter Edward (Phd)". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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