- Ronald Winkworth
Ronald Winkworth (1884 –
6 September 1950 ) was a Britishnatural historian who became President or Vice-President of three learned societies in the field, and who wrote on the topic of British and Indianmollusca .Life
Winckworth was born in
Brighton in 1884 and attendedEpsom College . He then taught inWeymouth (1902),Eastbourne (1903–1905) and atSt. Bees School (1905–1906) before winning an open exhibition toJesus College, Oxford . He then taught atRadley College andWellington College (1911) and Brighton Technical School (1912–1914). He served in theRoyal Navy Volunteer Reserve during theFirst World War , reaching the rank of paymaster lieutenant, before working at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Plymouth. After teaching navigation atPangbourne Nautical College , he worked for theRoyal Society on publications, later becoming librarian, assistant secretary (1932–1937) and assistant editor (1937–1944). After retiring in 1944, he carried out occasional work as consultant editor.He was a member of the
Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1913 onwards, serving as President (1930–1931). His paper on British marinemollusca , his presidential address, was the most cited of his many writings, which were mainly on British and Indian mollusca. He became a member of theMalacological Society of London in 1919, later becoming its editor, and serving as President (1939–1942). He was a member of theLinnean Society from 1935 onwards, serving on the council from 1943 and as Vice President (1945–1947). He was also a Fellow of theZoological Society andRoyal Geographical Society . He died on6 September 1950 .cite news|title=Mr Ronald Winckworth|work=The Times |date=16 September 1950 |page=6]References
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