Gatty Marine Laboratory
The Gatty Marine Laboratory is a science facility located in the coastal town of
History
The laboratory was paid for by the zoologist Charles Henry Gatty (1836-1903) during his later life (1892), having no family to leave his fortune to.[1] He paid both for an original timber building (1892)and its permanent stone replacement (1896), which was designed by James Gillespie.[2]
Its first Director was
The Gatty Marine Laboratory has been continuously occupied except for the period between 1931 and the end of
Until 1960 the Gatty was led by James Munro Dodd. From 1960 till 1969 the laboratory was under the Directorship of Adrian Horridge, succeeded from 1969 to 1985 by Michael Laverack.[5]
Since 1987, the "Gatty" has been a component Research Institute of the School of Biology (although the name and composition of the school has changed several times). The laboratory built up strong research groupings in fish biology and marine ecology and by the early 1990s received the highest number of research grants in marine biology of any UK department. In 1997, a major £4.3 million extension to the building was financed by the University Court. The new building provided a modern lecture theatre and teaching laboratory, and research laboratories for immunological and muscle research. The major part of the new build was occupied by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) sponsored Sea Mammal Research Unit, which transferred to the site from Cambridge in 1996.[6]
References
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ "St Andrews, University Of St Andrews, Gatty Marine Laboratory | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Felbridge & District History Group :: Charles Henry Gatty". www.felbridge.org.uk.
- ^ http://soi.st-andrews.ac.uk/pageset.aspx?psr=438 Scottish Oceans Institute
- ^ Independent (newspaper) obituary of M Laverack, 29 July 1993
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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