Charles Spence Bate
Charles Spence Bate, FRS (March 16, 1819, Truro, Cornwall – July 29, 1889, Devonshire) was a British zoologist and dentist. His father was Charles Bate (1789–1872), and his mother was Harriet Spence (1788–1879).[1] Charles adopted "Spence Bate" as his surname, perhaps to distinguish himself from his father, and used that name consistently in his publications; it was also used consistently by his contemporaries to refer to him.[1]
He practiced dentistry first at Swansea, and then at Plymouth, taking over his father's practice.[2] He was an authority on the Crustacea, and a frequent correspondent of Charles Darwin, mostly concerning their shared interest in barnacles. Together with John Obadiah Westwood, he wrote "A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea".
A number of species are named in his honour:[3]
- Pseudoparatanais batei (G. O. Sars, 1882)
- Amphilochus spencebatei (Stebbing, 1876)
- Scyllarus batei Holthuis, 1946
- Costa batei (Brady, 1866)
- Periclimenes batei Holthuis, 1959
[edit] References
- ^ a b S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen (2011). "Carideorum Catalogus: the Recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Zoologische Mededelingen 85 (9): 195–589, figs. 1–59. ISBN 978-90-6519-200-4. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/85/nr02/a01.
- ^ Anonymous (1889). "Obituary: Charles Spence Bate, L.D.S.R.C.S. Engl., F.R.S., etc.". Geological Magazine 6 (11): 526–528. doi:10.1017/S0016756800189654.
- ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Charles Spence Bate". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.b.html. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
   |
This article about a British zoologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This United Kingdom biographical article related to medicine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
