Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
His zoological author abbreviation is Stebbing.[3]
Biography
Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing was born on 6 February 1835 in
By 1863, Stebbing had begun to work as a tutor in
In 1873, Stebbing produced his first paper on crustaceans, and began to study the Amphipoda the following year.[2] In 1877, Stebbing moved to Royal Tunbridge Wells, where he lived in Ephraim Lodge, on the edge of Tunbridge Wells Common, to benefit from the greater number of students in London, and to be closer to the libraries, museums and scientific circles in the capital.[5] As his finances improved, he was able to give up teaching altogether and concentrate on writing.[5] He died in Ephraim Lodge on 8 July 1926.[2] His funeral was held at St. Paul's Church, Rusthall, where Stebbing had officiated when requested; since its churchyard was inadequate, Stebbing's body was buried in the town's public cemetery.[4] His wife survived him by only a few months.[1]
Evolution and religion
Having trained as an
Stebbing wrote a number of essays on the topic of Darwinism, in which he dissected the argument posited against it, and questioned various aspects of Christianity,
Crustacea
Most of Stebbing's scientific works, comprising more than 110 papers, covered
He also produced a monograph of the
Legacy
Stebbing was made a
A number of animal species have been named in honour of Stebbing:[7]
- Hyale stebbingi Chevreux, 1888 (Amphipoda: Hyalidae)
- Parapodascon stebbingi (Giard & Bonnier, 1895) (Isopoda: Podasconidae)
- Argissa stebbingi Bonnier, 1896, a synonym of Argissa hamatipes (Norman, 1869) (Amphipoda: Argissidae)
- Phronima stebbingii Vosseler, 1901 (Amphipoda: Phronimidae)
- Metapenaeus stebbingi (Nobili, 1904) (Decapoda: Penaeidae)
- Protellopsis stebbingii Pearse, 1908 (Amphipoda: Caprellidae)
- Sphyrapus stebbingi Richardson, 1911 (Tanaidacea: Sphyrapidae)
- Macropisthopus stebbingi K. A. Barnard, 1916 (Amphipoda: Ampithoidae)
- Carpias stebbingi (Monod, 1933) (Isopoda: Janiridae)
- Pardaliscoides stebbingi Ledoyer, 1970 (Amphipoda: Pardaliscidae)
Publications
- Stebbing, Thomas R. R. (1871). Essays on Darwinism. London: Longmans, Green and Co. .
- —— (1871). "The "Times" Review of Darwin's "Descent of Man"". S2CID 4142603.
- —— (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. .
- —— (1900–1920). "On Some Crustaceans from the Falkland Islands collected by Mr. Rupert Vallentin". . (published in three parts, 1900, 1914, 1920)
- —— (1913). Cumacea (Sympoda). Das Tierreich. Vol. 39. Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn. . (in English)
See also
References
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- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38300. Retrieved 10 September 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Parawaldeckia". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Stebbing Collection". King's College London. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- PDF). Royal Society. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ Hans G. Hansson. "The Rev. Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved 10 September 2010.