Cecil Hoare
| Cecil Hoare | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Cecil Arthur Hoare 6 March 1892 Middelburg, Netherlands |
| Died | 23 August 1984 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Protozoology, parasitology |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University, Russia |
| Notable awards | FRS |
| Spouse | Alexandra Marti, and Maria Nikolaevna Leserson |
| Children | none |
Cecil Arthur Hoare (6 March 1892 – 23 August 1984) FRS was a British protozoologist and parasitologist.
Early life and education
He was born in Middelburg, Netherlands, the son of Arthur Stowell Hoare, a journalist and his Russian-born wife, Aimee Challet of Vitebsk, Belarus/Bielorussia, a professional operatic singer.[1]
Aged 20, he entered Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, in the Section of Biology, specializing in zoology from his second year. He graduated in 1917, and the British Consulate called him up for military service. He was exempted on medical grounds, as chronic otitis media had cause deafness in one ear since childhood.[1]
Career
Soon after graduating, Hoare was appointed a Research Fellow at the University of Petrograd.[1]
He left Russia in 1920, and joined the Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research in London, under Charles Morley Wenyon. Hoare was appointed Protozoologist, and in 1923, Head of the Department of Protozoology, a post he held for 34 years until his retirement in 1957.[1]
Selected publications
Awards and honours
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society on 16 March 1950.
Personal life
About 1917, he married his first wife, Alexandra Marti, of Swiss origin, but brought up in Russia. She was a professional pianist and taught at the Petrograd Institute of Music. Their marriage was not a happy one, and they broke up when they left Russia.[1]
In England, Hoare married actress Maria Nikolaevna Leserson, born in Moscow of Russian and French extraction. There were no children from either marriage.[1]