British Naturalist Laura Roscoe Thornely (1860–1951), Taxonomist of Hydroids and Bryozoans

• Published in: Taxonomy
• Main Author: Dale R. Calder
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: taxonomy; natural history; zoology; hydroids; bryozoans; biography; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Herdman; Indian; Pacific; Antarc*; Antarctica; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy1030017; https://doaj.org/article/fa837ba7682c426cb40193b8d651e8cc

Laura Roscoe Thornely was born on 6 March 1860 in Blundellsands, Lancashire, England. On approaching age 30, in the late 1880s, she became interested in the taxonomy of hydroids and bryozoans under Prof. W.A. Herdman at University College, Liverpool. Her studies during much of the 1890s were based l...