The Odd Couple of Protistology: Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943) and Arthur Earland (1866-1958)
International audience Edward Heron-Allen and Arthur Earland were among the last great amateur foraminifera researchers. Their partnership began in 1907 and ended in 1932. While close in age to one another, they shared little more than a fascination for forams and a lack of any university training....
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ftsorbonneuniv:oai:HAL:hal-04209127v1 2024-09-15T18:37:17+00:00 The Odd Couple of Protistology: Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943) and Arthur Earland (1866-1958) Dolan, John, R Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2023-09 https://hal.science/hal-04209127 https://hal.science/hal-04209127/document https://hal.science/hal-04209127/file/OddCoupleProtistologyHAL.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126023 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126023 hal-04209127 https://hal.science/hal-04209127 https://hal.science/hal-04209127/document https://hal.science/hal-04209127/file/OddCoupleProtistologyHAL.pdf doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126023 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0932-4739 European Journal of Protistology https://hal.science/hal-04209127 European Journal of Protistology, In press, pp.126023. ⟨10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126023⟩ amateur microscopy history of protistology foraminifera second author amateur microscopy history of protistology foraminifera second author [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2023 ftsorbonneuniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126023 2024-07-25T23:47:40Z International audience Edward Heron-Allen and Arthur Earland were among the last great amateur foraminifera researchers. Their partnership began in 1907 and ended in 1932. While close in age to one another, they shared little more than a fascination for forams and a lack of any university training. In most other aspects, the two men were completely different. Heron-Allen was a famous upper class polymath, expert not only on forams, but also on the Persian language, violins, palm reading, history, asparagus, and barnacles. He was also an accomplished novelist and poet, who frequented literary circles. In contrast to the flamboyant Heron-Allen, Earland was a discrete civil servant who admitted to working on forams as a relief from the monotony of his job. Hence, the two were improbable partners. However, together they produced 39 substantial works on forams. Their studies concerned assemblages from Southern Ocean to the North Sea and they are today credited with the original description of 186 species. Here the distinct lives of the two men are presented, and their contributions to protistology, as partners as well as individuals, are reviewed. The case is made for considering Earland's work as neglected relative to that of Heron-Allen, except perhaps by foram taxonomists. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean HAL Sorbonne Université European Journal of Protistology 126023 |
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International audience Edward Heron-Allen and Arthur Earland were among the last great amateur foraminifera researchers. Their partnership began in 1907 and ended in 1932. While close in age to one another, they shared little more than a fascination for forams and a lack of any university training. In most other aspects, the two men were completely different. Heron-Allen was a famous upper class polymath, expert not only on forams, but also on the Persian language, violins, palm reading, history, asparagus, and barnacles. He was also an accomplished novelist and poet, who frequented literary circles. In contrast to the flamboyant Heron-Allen, Earland was a discrete civil servant who admitted to working on forams as a relief from the monotony of his job. Hence, the two were improbable partners. However, together they produced 39 substantial works on forams. Their studies concerned assemblages from Southern Ocean to the North Sea and they are today credited with the original description of 186 species. Here the distinct lives of the two men are presented, and their contributions to protistology, as partners as well as individuals, are reviewed. The case is made for considering Earland's work as neglected relative to that of Heron-Allen, except perhaps by foram taxonomists. |
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Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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The Odd Couple of Protistology: Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943) and Arthur Earland (1866-1958) |
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The Odd Couple of Protistology: Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943) and Arthur Earland (1866-1958) |
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