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John Robertson Henderson (1863–1925): Scotland, India and Anomuran Taxonomy (2020)

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John Robertson Henderson was born in Scotland and educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he qualified as a doctor. His interest in marine natural history was fostered at the Scottish Marine Station for Scientific Research at Granton (near Edinburgh) where his focus on anomuran crustaceans emerged, to the extent that he was eventually invited to compile the anomuran volume of the Challenger expedition reports. He left Scotland for India in autumn 1885 to take up the Chair of Zoology at Madras Christian College, shortly after its establishment. He continued working on crustacean taxonomy, producing substantial contributions to the field; returning to Scotland in retirement in 1919. The apparent absence of communication with Alfred William Alcock, a surgeon-naturalist with overlapping interests in India, is highlighted but not resolved.

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Authors & Contributors
Nair, Savithri Preetha
Dinyar Patel
Michael R. McGowen
William J. Glover
Sehrawat, Samiksha
James G. Mead
Concepts
Great Britain, colonies
Colonialism
Classification in biology
Biographies
Systematic zoology
Cholera
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
Places
India
Scotland
Great Britain
Calcutta (India)
Sicily
Netherlands
Institutions
Madras Museum
East India Company (English)
British East India Company
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