Francis Cole
| Francis Cole | |
|---|---|
 Francis Joseph Cole | |
| Born |
February 3, 1872 London |
| Died | January 27, 1959 (aged 86) |
| Residence | London, Reading, Berkshire |
| Nationality | English |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions |
University of Liverpool University of Reading |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
| Known for | Founded Cole Museum of Zoology and Cole Library |
| Notable awards | Rolleston Prize, Neill Gold Medal, Prize of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
Francis Joseph Cole F. R. S. (3 February 1872 – 27 January 1959) was an English zoologist and a professor at Reading University for 33 years.
Life
Cole was born in London and educated at Sir Walter St. John's School, Battersea and Jesus College, Oxford. He was a lecturer in zoology at Liverpool University from 1897 until 1906, when he became Professor of Zoology at Reading University, the first holder of the post. He then began setting up the Cole Museum of Zoology, encouraging overseas visitors to the Department to donate specimens. He remained at Reading until retiring in 1939, but carried on writing in retirement. He wrote in particular on comparative anatomy and the history of zoology, after his early work on the morphology of fish. His works included a "History of Protozoology" (1926), "Early Theories of Sexual Generation" (1930) and a "History of Comparative Anatomy from Aristotle to the Eighteenth Century" (1944). He was elected in 1926 as a Fellow of the Royal Society, and won the Neill Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1908.[1]
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