Frederick William Gamble Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor
Frederick William Gamble
Honorific Suffix:FRS
Birth Date:13 July 1869
Birth Place:Manchester, England
Death Place:Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England
Fields:Zoology
Workplaces:University of Manchester
University of Birmingham
Known For:The Animal World[1]

Frederick William Gamble (13 July 1869 – 14 September 1926) was a British zoologist and author.[2]

After secondary education at Manchester Grammar School, Gamble attended the University of Manchester, where he graduated in 1891 B.Sc. and obtained in 1982 the Bishop Berkeley Fellowship. He then studied at Leipzig University. Returning to Manchester, he received in 1893 his M.Sc. At the University of Manchester, he became in 1893 junior lecturer and demonstrator in zoology, in 1895 senior lecturer and demonstrator, and afterwards was promoted to assistant-director of the University Zoological Laboratories.[2] He received his D.Sc. in 1900. He was Secretary of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society from 1905 to 1908. In 1909 he was appointed to the chair of zoology at the University of Birmingham and continued in the chair until his death.[3]

Gamble was elected F.R.S. in 1907. He was president of the Zoology Section at the British Association meeting at Toronto in 1924.[3]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Review of The Animal World by F. W. Gamble. Nature Study Review. January 1912. 8. 1. 44.
  2. Frederick William Gamble. Who's Who. 1919. 913.
  3. News: Obituary. Professor Frederick William Gamble. The Times. 16 September 1926.