Arthur Erskine Ellis (1 October 1902 – 28 February 1983), often known as A.E. Ellis, was a British scientist, biologist and
naturalist. Ellis is best known for his large number of
malacological publications, including some which became essential texts on the subject of British non-marine malacology. To a lesser extent, Ellis published papers about other land invertebrates and various aspects of the fauna and flora of Britain. In addition Ellis had five ghost stories published.[1]
Ellis was also a plant collector. From 1919 to 1961 he contributed specimens of
spermatophytes to a number of different
herbariums in Britain.[2]
Stella Turk, the British naturalist said about Ellis, "It is difficult to categorise people. Should one even try? We are all multiple in a singular way!"; she also commented, "As might have been expected, he wrote his own obituary in which he gives a broad outline of his life and very lengthy bibliography", (
J. Conch. 31 1983).[3]
A.E. Ellis published several books which were the standard reference texts for identifying the non-marine Mollusca of
Great Britain and Ireland during most of the 20th century:
British Snails, a guide to the non-marine
Gastropoda of Great Britain and Ireland, Pleistocene to Recent, 1926, reprinted in 1969, Oxford University Press
Key to Land Shells of Great Britain
British Freshwater Bivalve Mollusca (Synopses of the British fauna; new series, number 11)
Papers
Publications on non-marine mollusca and obituaries of conchologists:
1931 (with D. Aubertin & G. C. Robson) The natural history and variation of the Pointed Snail, Cochlicella acuta (Müll.). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. for 1930: 1027–1055, pl. 1
1932 The habitats of
Hydrobiidae in the
Adur estuary. PMS 20: 11–18
1982 Sue Wells, international trade in ornamental shells, 83:56
References
^The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Arthur Erskine Ellis, 1902 – 1983, last revision by Pryce Buckle 17 November 2009
[1] accessed 25 January 2014
^JSTOR Global Plants Ellis, Arthur Erskine (1902–1983),
[2] Accessed 25 January 2014
^Stella Turk, "Stella Turk writes from Cornwall", 1 January 2013, The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, "Mollusc World",
http://www.conchsoc.org/MolluscWorld8/11, accessed 2014|01|06
Arthur Erskine Ellis (1 October 1902 – 28 February 1983), often known as A.E. Ellis, was a British scientist, biologist and
naturalist. Ellis is best known for his large number of
malacological publications, including some which became essential texts on the subject of British non-marine malacology. To a lesser extent, Ellis published papers about other land invertebrates and various aspects of the fauna and flora of Britain. In addition Ellis had five ghost stories published.[1]
Ellis was also a plant collector. From 1919 to 1961 he contributed specimens of
spermatophytes to a number of different
herbariums in Britain.[2]
Stella Turk, the British naturalist said about Ellis, "It is difficult to categorise people. Should one even try? We are all multiple in a singular way!"; she also commented, "As might have been expected, he wrote his own obituary in which he gives a broad outline of his life and very lengthy bibliography", (
J. Conch. 31 1983).[3]
A.E. Ellis published several books which were the standard reference texts for identifying the non-marine Mollusca of
Great Britain and Ireland during most of the 20th century:
British Snails, a guide to the non-marine
Gastropoda of Great Britain and Ireland, Pleistocene to Recent, 1926, reprinted in 1969, Oxford University Press
Key to Land Shells of Great Britain
British Freshwater Bivalve Mollusca (Synopses of the British fauna; new series, number 11)
Papers
Publications on non-marine mollusca and obituaries of conchologists:
1931 (with D. Aubertin & G. C. Robson) The natural history and variation of the Pointed Snail, Cochlicella acuta (Müll.). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. for 1930: 1027–1055, pl. 1
1932 The habitats of
Hydrobiidae in the
Adur estuary. PMS 20: 11–18
1982 Sue Wells, international trade in ornamental shells, 83:56
References
^The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Arthur Erskine Ellis, 1902 – 1983, last revision by Pryce Buckle 17 November 2009
[1] accessed 25 January 2014
^JSTOR Global Plants Ellis, Arthur Erskine (1902–1983),
[2] Accessed 25 January 2014
^Stella Turk, "Stella Turk writes from Cornwall", 1 January 2013, The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, "Mollusc World",
http://www.conchsoc.org/MolluscWorld8/11, accessed 2014|01|06