Humphry Greenwood Explained

Peter Humphry Greenwood FRS FIBiol (21 April 1927 – 3 March 1995) was an English ichthyologist. Humphry married fellow student Marjorie George (1924 – 2006) in 1950. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1985.[1] [2] He was known for his work on the species flocks of cichlids in the African Great Lakes, and for studies of the phylogeny and systematics of teleosts.[3]

Tribute

The cichlid fish Diplotaxodon greenwoodi [4] is named for him. Also Brachyaetoides greenwoodi Bonde, 2008 is named for him.As is Enteromius greenwoodi (Poll 1967).

Notes and References

  1. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 10.1093/ref:odnb/58209 . 2004 .
  2. News: OBITUARIES: Humphry Greenwood – People, News – The Independent . 2011-09-07 . London . Gordon . Howes . 11 March 1995.
  3. Patterson . C. . Colin Patterson (biologist). 10.1098/rsbm.1997.0011 . 770332. Peter Humphry Greenwood. 21 April 1927--3 March 1995: Elected F.R.S. 1985 . . 43 . 195 . 1997 . free .
  4. Web site: Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) . 5 December 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 July 2018.

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