Doris Kermack Explained

Doris Mary Kermack
Birth Name:Doris Mary Carr
Birth Date:1923
Death Date:2003 (aged 79-80)
Nationality:British
Fields:Vertebrate paleontology
Alma Mater:University College London
Work Institutions:Imperial College London
Occupation:paleontologist

Doris Mary Kermack FLS (née Carr; 1923  - 2003) was a British paleontologist and marine zoologist at Imperial College London. She completed her PhD thesis entitled 'The anatomy and physiology of the gut of Arenicola marina L.' at University College London in 1953. In 1988 she was awarded the Linnean Gold Medal for outstanding service to the society.[1] She had two sons with her husband and fellow paleontologist Kenneth Kermack.[2]

The species name Bridetherium dorisae is named in her honour.[3]

Together with her husband and Frances Mussett she was the first to formally describe the early mammal-like 'symmetrodont' Kuehneotherium praecursoris.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Linnean Society of London | Awards, Grants and Medals | Medals and Prizes . Linnean.org . 2013-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130222082251/http://www.linnean.org/The-Society/awards_and_grants/Medals%2Band%2BPrizes . 2013-02-22 . dead .
  2. Book: In Pursuit of Early Mammals - Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska - Google Books . 12 July 2013. 9780253008244 . 2013-11-18. Kielan-Jaworowska . Zofia . Indiana University Press .
  3. Clemens . W. A. . New morganucodontans from an Early Jurassic fissure filling in Wales (United Kingdom) . 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01094.x . Palaeontology . 54 . 5 . 1139–1156 . 2011 . free . 2011Palgy..54.1139C .
  4. Kermack . D. M. . Kermack . K. A. . Mussett . F. . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1968.tb00519.x . The Welsh pantothere Kuehneotherium praecursoris . Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology . 47 . 312 . 407 . 1968 .