Gerald Stokell

Gerald Stokell (20 June 1890 - 10 July 1972) was a New Zealand amateur ichthyologist.^[1]

Early life

Stokell was born at Prebbleton, near Christchurch, New Zealand, on 20 June 1890 to Edmund Stokell and Jane (Née Pasche). He lived there for his whole life. He attended Broadfields Primary School, and was a keen trout angler.

Memberships

• Council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society
• Staff of the Canterbury Museum
• Secretary of the Canterbury branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand

An direct man with forceful opinions, he left the Acclimatisation Society stating:

Their sole qualification for safe-guarding the welfare of wild creatures [is] the possession of a desire to kill them.

In 1941 Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon, was named after him.

Death

Stokell died 10 July 1972 in Christchurch.

Works

• Freshwater fishes of New Zealand, 1955
• Freshwater and diadromous fishes of New Zealand, 1972

References

Notes

Bibliography

• McDowall, R. M. "Stokell, Gerald 1890 - 1972". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.