Sidnie Manton
Sidnie Manton | |
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| Born | 4 May 1902 |
| Died | 2 January 1979 (aged 76) |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge (Sc.D., 1934) |
| Spouse | John Philip Harding (m. 1937) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Entomology, zoology |
| Institutions | Girton College, Cambridge |
Sidnie Milana Manton, FRS[1] (4 May 1902 — 2 January 1979) was a British entomologist.
Early life
Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, London the daughter of a dentist. Her sister was Irene Manton (FRS), a botanist, She was educated in Kensington and at St. Paul's Girls' School before joining Girton College, Cambridge in 1921.
Career
Manton joined Cambridge University and worked on the evolution of the arthropods, publishing "The Arthropoda: Habits, Functional Morphology and Evolution" in 1977.[2]
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1948.[1][3]
Personal life
Manton married John Philip Harding in 1937. They had one son and one daughter.
References
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- ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007". The Royal Society. Retrieved 14 July 2010. [dead link]
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