Henry Lee (naturalist)

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Henry Lee (1826? โ€“ 31 October 1888) was an English

naturalist, known as an aquarium
director and author.

Life

Born in 1826 or 1827,

Brighton Aquarium in 1872, and was for a time a director. At the aquarium he instituted experiments on the migration of smelts, the habits of the herring, whitebait, crayfish, and other topics.[2]

Lee was himself an amateur collector of natural history specimens and microscopist. He was a Fellow of the

Geological Society, and Zoological Society, in London. He was President of the Quekett Microscopical Club from 1875 to 1877. He died, after some years of ill-health, at Renton House, Brixton, on 31 October 1888.[2]

Lee was sceptical of the claims of cryptozoology and sea serpents. His book Sea Monsters Unmasked (1884) compared sightings of the Kraken to the squid.[3]

Works

Lee produced Aquarium Notes for visitors. He wrote:

  • The Octopus, 1874, a popular account.
  • Sea Fables Explained and Sea Monsters Unmasked, two of the series of handbooks for the Fisheries Exhibition of 1883, about the
    barnacles
    , and similar topics.
  • Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, 1887.[2]

He was a contributor to Land and Water.[2]

References

  1. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16290. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b c d Watkins 1892.
  3. ISBN 978-0879752781
    "Monsters Unmasked (1884) was an earnest attempt to demolish the case for the Kraken and the sea-serpent, attributing such sightings to the squid."
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Watkins, Morgan George (1892). "Lee, Henry (1826-1888)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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