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Annelida Biographies and Obituaries, etc

I'm still developing this set of pages. They will probably include a collection of references to published obituaries and commemorative collections, and lifetime publication lists. Perhaps there could be some photographs too? So any suggestions and contributions welcome.

Other Biographical resources

• Biographies of Taxonomists working with Marine organisms & some of their presumed Friends. That is the subtitle given by Hans Hansson to a wonderful set of pages on the biographical etymology of marine animal names (BEMON, with brief biographies of mostly European biologists, including many polychaete workers. There is a list of sources and further links.

Polychaetological In Memoriam

• Meredith Jones, 1926-1996: Curator NMNH, Magelonidae and vestimentiferan pioneer.
• David Kirtley, 19??-1997: Geologist & biologist, Sabellariidae enthusiast.
• Carl Stop-Bowitz, 1914-1997: Academic biologist, Polychaeta of Norwegian seas (author of Yndolaciidae).
• Wu Bao-Ling, 19??- 1998: Academic biologist, doyen of Chinese polychaetology.
• Charlotte Mangum 1938-1998: Academic biologist, respiratory physiology of Annelida, Crustacea and other groups.
• Vladimir Sveshnikov 19??-1999: Academic biologist, larval plankton, morphology of polychaete larvae of Russian seas.
• Nancy Foster, 1941-2000: Spionidae taxonomist, coastal zone conservationist, Director of NOS (U.S.A. National Ocean Service).

Biographies

• William B. Benham, (1860-1950) U.K. and New Zealand oligochaete and polychaete taxonomist, inter alia author of the polychaetes chapter in the Cambridge Natural History of 1896. [Page coming soon].
• Katharine Bush, (1855- 1937) serpulid taxonomist [Yale-Peabody page].
• Libbie H. Hyman, (1888-1969) author of the seminal texts, "The Invertebrates", began her career working on annelids. A short Hyman biography is at Biography.com. A detailed and moving account of her life and work was published in the USA National Academy of Sciences biographical memoirs series. It's online here with permission.
• Ernest Everett Just, one time research assistant to Frank Lillie, published more than 50 papers between 1912 and 1937, and is known to polychaetologists from his work on fertilisation and breeding of Nereididae, particularly Platynereis.
• William C. M'Intosh (McIntosh), (1838-1931), Scottish marine biologist, author of the 'Challenger' polychaetes (1885) and the multi-volume Ray Society 'British Marine Annelids.' [Page coming soon].
• Addison E. Verrill, (1839-1926), Yale University's first professor of Zoology, and prolific taxonomist, including Polychaeta [Yale-Peabody page].

Bibliography of obituaries, In Memoriams, and life-time publication lists [Page coming soon].