Harry Wallis Kew | |
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![]() Kew in c.1930 | |
Born | 1868 Louth, Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 1948 |
Known for | Work on pseudoscorpions and molluscs |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Zoology |
Harry Wallis Kew FZS (1868–1948) was an amateur English zoologist.
Wallis Kew worked as a bank clerk in Kent and devoted his free time to the study of pseudoscorpions and molluscs. [1] He is best remembered for his book entitled The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc, which included a preface by Alfred Russel Wallace. In this work, Wallis Kew was tracking the phenomena that is now referred to as invasive species in relation to molluscs, [2] and in particular the zebra mussel. [3]
Wallis Kew was the grandson of woodcarver, Thomas Wilkinson Wallis, and in 1884 founded the Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian and Literary Society. [4] He was a member of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union from 1910 and served as its president in 1927. [5]
The gastropod Ameranella kewi (Dickerson, 1915) was named in his honour.
Harry Wallis Kew | |
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![]() Kew in c.1930 | |
Born | 1868 Louth, Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 1948 |
Known for | Work on pseudoscorpions and molluscs |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Zoology |
Harry Wallis Kew FZS (1868–1948) was an amateur English zoologist.
Wallis Kew worked as a bank clerk in Kent and devoted his free time to the study of pseudoscorpions and molluscs. [1] He is best remembered for his book entitled The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc, which included a preface by Alfred Russel Wallace. In this work, Wallis Kew was tracking the phenomena that is now referred to as invasive species in relation to molluscs, [2] and in particular the zebra mussel. [3]
Wallis Kew was the grandson of woodcarver, Thomas Wilkinson Wallis, and in 1884 founded the Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian and Literary Society. [4] He was a member of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union from 1910 and served as its president in 1927. [5]
The gastropod Ameranella kewi (Dickerson, 1915) was named in his honour.