Maurice Yonge
Sir Charles Maurice Yonge CBE FRS[1] (9 December 1899 - 17 March 1986) was an English marine zoologist.
He was born and later educated at Silcoates School, where his father was headmaster.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1946 and won its Darwin Medal in 1968.
Yonge also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1971.[3]
Yonge married Mattie Lennox in 1927. They had two children, Elspeth (born April 4, 1931) and Robin (March 15, 1934).[1] In 1955, Yonge became father-in-law of the physicist Bruno Touschek due to Elspeth's marriage.
References
- ^ a b Morton, B. (1992). "Charles Maurice Yonge. 9 December 1899-17 March 1986". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 38: 378. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1992.0020.
- ^ Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index (PDF). Vol. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ webperson@hw.ac.uk. "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
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