- Walter Medley Tattersall
Walter Medley Tattersall (
November 8 ,1882 -October 5 ,1948 ) was a British zoologist and marine biologist, famous for his study ofmysid s.He was born in
Liverpool , the eldest son of a draper's family. He studiedzoology at theUniversity of Liverpool , where he was graduated in 1901. Subsequently, he worked as a naturalist for the Irish Fisheries Department underErnest W. L. Holt , where he began his studies ofcrustacean s. In 1909 he became the director of theManchester Museum and also worked as a tutor inmarine biology at the universities of Manchester and Sheffield. In 1911, he obtained the doctoral degree ofSc.D. During
World War I , he served as a private inFlanders andFrance , where he was wounded and gassed in 1918. In the middle of the war, in 1916, he married Olive Selden Attride.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
mysid s andeuphausiid s. Most of the illustrations in his publications were drawn by his wife Olive.Selected works
*Tattersall, W. M. & Tattersall, O. S.: " [http://www.pisces-conservation.com/index.html?softmys.html$softebookmenu.html British Mysidacea] ", Pisces Conservation Ltd. ISBN 1-904690-09-2.
References
*Kemp, S. W.: " [http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/mysids/WTattersall.html Walter M. Tattersall] ". "
Crustaceana " 38, pp. 311 – 320; 1980.
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