Edward Turner Bennett

Edward Turner Bennett (January 6, 1797 - August 21, 1836) was an English zoologist and writer. He was the elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2119 Bennett, Edward Turner (1797-1836), zoologist] by J. C. Edwards in Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed 21 July 2008)]

Bennett was born at Hackney and practiced as a surgeon, but his chief pursuit was always zoology. In 1822 he attempted to establish an entomological society, which later became a zoological society in connection with the Linnean Society. This in turn became the starting point of the Zoological Society of London, of which Bennett was Secretary from 1831 to 1836.

His works included "The Tower Menagerie" (1829) and "The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society" (1831). He also wrote, in conjunction with G. T. Lay, the section on Fishes in the "Zoology of Beechey's Voyage" (1839).

References

*Mullens and Swann - "A Bibliography of British Ornithology"