John Read le Brockton Tomlin, Date of Birth, Date of Death

John Read le Brockton Tomlin

British malacologist

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1864

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1954

Profession: entomologist, malacologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

John Read le Brockton Tomlin (15 August 1864 – 24 December 1954) was a British malacologist.
He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London and was president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland on two separate occasions.Tomlin named more than a hundred taxa of gastropod molluscs, including: The family Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927 The family Columbariidae Tomlin, 1928He also named some scaphopods and bivalves.