Walter Medley Tattersall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Walter Medley Tattersall

British marine biologist

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1882

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1943

Profession: biologist, carcinologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Walter Medley Tattersall

  • Walter Medley Tattersall (8 November 1882 – 5 October 1943) was a British zoologist and marine biologist, famous for his study of mysids. He was born in Liverpool, the eldest son of a draper's family.
  • He studied zoology at the University of Liverpool, where he graduated in 1901.
  • Subsequently, he worked as a naturalist for the Irish Fisheries Department under Ernest William Lyons Holt, where he began his studies of crustaceans.
  • In 1909 he became the director of the Manchester Museum and also worked as a tutor in marine biology at the universities of Manchester and Sheffield.During World War I, he served as a private in Flanders and France, where he was wounded and gassed in 1918.
  • In the middle of the war, in 1916, he married Olive Selden Attride (1890–1978).In 1922, he was appointed professor at the University of Cardiff, a post he would hold for the rest of his life.
  • He was highly respected as a teacher in zoology and marine biology and also as a field researcher and taxonomist.
  • Tattersall has an impressive publication record; he is the taxonomic authority for a large number of crustaceans, in particular of mysids and euphausiids.
  • Most of the illustrations in his publications were drawn by his wife Olive who was a notable carcinologist in her own right.

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