Harry Wallis Kew Explained
Harry Wallis Kew |
Birth Date: | 1868 |
Birth Place: | Louth, Lincolnshire, England |
Death Date: | 1948 |
Field: | Zoology |
Known For: | Work on pseudoscorpions and molluscs |
Harry Wallis Kew (1868–1948) was an amateur English zoologist.
Wallis Kew worked as a bank clerk in Kent and devoted his free time to the study of pseudoscorpions and molluscs.[1] He is best remembered for his book entitled The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc, which included a preface by Alfred Russel Wallace. In this work, Wallis Kew was tracking the phenomena that is now referred to as invasive species in relation to molluscs,[2] and in particular the zebra mussel.[3]
Wallis Kew was the grandson of woodcarver, Thomas Wilkinson Wallis, and in 1884 founded the Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian and Literary Society.[4] He was a member of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union from 1910 and served as its president in 1927.[5]
The gastropod Ameranella kewi (Dickerson, 1915) was named in his honour.
Works
- 1893 The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc
- 1901 Lincolnshire Pseudoscorpions: With an Account of the Associations of Such Animals with Other Arthropods
- 1911 A Synopsis of the False-scorpions of Britain and Ireland
- 1912 On the Pairing of Pseudoscorpiones
- 1914 On the Nests of Pseudoscorpiones: With Historical Notes on the Spinning Organs and Observations on the Building and Spinning of the Nests
- 1932 Thomas Johnson, Botanist and Royalist, Etc.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Conchology, Inc.. Kew, Harry Wallis. Conchology, Inc.. 25 April 2015.
- Book: Simberloff. Daniel (Dr). Rejmanek. Marcel (Dr). Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions. 2010. University of California Press. California. 9780520948433. 372.
- Web site: Egan. Dan. How invasive species changed the Great Lakes forever. Journal Sentinel. 25 April 2015. dead. https://archive.today/20150426005448/http://m.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/how-invasive-species-changed-the-great-lakes-forever-b99297128z1-267010971.html. 26 April 2015.
- Web site: Louth Museum. Thomas Wilkinson Wallis - 1821 to 1903. Louth Museum. 25 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150430062147/http://louthmuseum.org/people/thomas_wilkinson_wallis.html. 30 April 2015.
- Report of the Honorary Secretary . Transactions of the Lincolnshire Naturalists Union . 1949 . 99 . 12 . 2.