George Herbert Fowler
George Herbert Fowler (4 September 1861, Lincoln – 15 August 1940, Aspley Guise) was an English zoologist, historian and archivist.
Fowler was educated at, Eton College and Keble College, Oxford. From 1887 to 1889 he was assistant to E. Ray Lankester at University College, London. In 1890 he was interim director of the recently founded Plymouth laboratory of the Marine Biological Association. In 1891 he returned to teaching zoology at UCL. Fowler and R. Norris Wolfenden founded the Challenger Society for Marine Science in 1903. Fowler retired from UCL in 1909.
In retirement Fowler lived at Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, and his interests turned to local history. He established the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society in 1912 and the Bedfordshire Record Office in 1913.[1] During World War I he worked in hydrographic and naval intelligence, preparing charts for use by submarines.
[edit] References
- ^ Bell, Patricia & Stitt, Freddy. 'George Herbert Fowler and county records', Journal of the Society of Archivists 23:2 (2002), 249-64
- Margaret Deacon, ‘Fowler, George Herbert (1861–1940)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 28 Dec 2008
[edit] External links
- Archival material relating to George Herbert Fowler listed at the UK National Register of Archives
- Works by or about George Herbert Fowler in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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