Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

BUCKLAND, FRANCIS TREVELYAN (1826–188o)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 731 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

BUCKLAND, See also:FRANCIS TREVELYAN (1826–188o) , See also:English zoolpgist, son of See also:Dean See also:William Buckland the geologist, was See also:born at See also:Oxford on the 17th of See also:December 1826. He was educated at See also:Winchester and See also:Christ See also:Church, taking his degree in 1848, and then adopted the medical profession, studying at St See also:George's See also:hospital, See also:London, where he became See also:house-surgeon in 1852. The pursuit of See also:anatomy led him to a See also:good See also:deal of out-of-the-way See also:research in See also:zoology, and in 1856 he became a See also:regular writer on natural See also:history for the newly established See also:Field, particularly on the subject of See also:fish. In 1866 he started See also:Land and See also:Water on similar lines. In 1867 he was appointed See also:government inspector of See also:fisheries, and in the course of his See also:work travelled constantly about the See also:country, being largely responsible for the increased See also:attention paid to the scientific See also:side of See also:pisciculture. Among his publications, besides articles and See also:official reports, were Fish Hatching (1863), Curiosities of Natural History (4 vols., 1857–1872), Logbook of a Fisherman (1875), Natural History of See also:British Fishes (1881). He died on the 19th of December 1880. See See also:Life by G. C. Bompas (1885).

End of Article: BUCKLAND, FRANCIS TREVELYAN (1826–188o)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, EARLS OF
[next]
BUCKLAND, WILLIAM (1784–1856)