William Saville-Kent

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William Saville-Kent
Bournemouth, Dorset
Alma materKing's College London
Royal School of Mines
Known forStudy of coral reefs, oysters
Scientific career
FieldsMarine biology
InstitutionsRoyal Society of Queensland
Doctoral advisorThomas Henry Huxley
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William Saville-Kent (10 July 1845 – 11 October 1908) was an English

marine biologist and author.[1]

Early life

Born in the town of

Factory Acts of 1833.[2] As the acts sought to alleviate the harm done to children that were caused by unregulated working conditions in the factories, Samuel's “duties required him to inspect factories that employed women and children.”[2] Despite having “ambitions for promotion,” Samuel “suffered from the effects of local gossip and disapproval,”[3] as a consequence of him being a “known adulterer.”[2] Samuel's salacious reputation caused the family to move fairly often.[2][3]

Saville-Kent's childhood was marred by several unfortunate events. First was the death of his mother, Mary Ann Windus, who died suddenly in May 1852.

accomplice, as Constance and William shared a close sibling relationship. Constance had initially been detained and questioned, but was released as a result of her high social status.[3] However, no charges were ever made against William. Constance was sentenced to life in prison, which at the time was twenty years.[4]

Education

Saville-Kent was educated at

Linnean Society. In 1870, Saville-Kent received a grant from the Royal Society to conduct a dredging survey off Portugal. He worked at the Brighton Aquarium (1872–1873), then at the Manchester Aquarium (1873–1876). He went on to work for various other aquariums, before returning to Brighton in 1879.[5]

Saville-Kent married in 1872, but his wife died three years later. He remarried in 1876.

Australia

On the recommendation of Huxley, in 1884 Saville-Kent became Inspector of

Thursday Island; his experiments were successful, and modern-day spherical cultured pearls are primarily the result of discoveries he made. These discoveries were later patented by Dr. Tokichi Nishikawa of Japan, who had heard of Saville-Kent's techniques. Later, Saville-Kent went on to chair the Royal Society of Queensland from 1889 to 1890.[6]

His book documentation of the Great Barrier Reef was the pioneering publication, attracted worldwide attention, and was for decades the definitive work on this landform.[7]

His sister Constance had joined him in Australia in 1886, changing her name to Ruth Emilie Kaye and training as a nurse.[8]

Fisheries

Saville-Kent was a pioneer of the concept of sustainable fisheries. While at the Brighton Aquarium he witnessed a lobster lay eggs and charted the growth and development of the offspring. His goal was to see lobster and other commercial species of fish farmed as a sustainable resource.[9]

Saville-Kent died in 1908, in Bournemouth. He is buried in All Saints' churchyard, Milford on Sea.[10]

Published works

The standard author abbreviation Kent is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[11]

Notes

  1. doi:10.1038/078640a0
    .
  2. ^ a b c d e Ross, Suzanne (27 July 2015). "Road Hill House Murder" (PDF). Wiltshire OPC Project. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Skinner, Keith; Moss, Alan; Fido, Martin. "Jonathan Whicher and the Road Hill House Murder". History by the Yard. Stories from Scotland Yard. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. ISBN 978-0-393-33624-5
    .
  5. ISBN 978-0-309-17136-6
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  6. ISBN 978-1-139-44064-6
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  7. ^ The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, by Kate Summerscale, Raincoast publishers, 2008
  8. ^ The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: or the murder at Road Hill House, Kate Summerscale, Bloomsbury, 2008, pp. 228-229
  9. ^ Saville-Kent, William (1883). Handbook of the Marine and Freshwater Fishes of the British Islands: (including an Enumeration of Every Species). W. Clowes and Sons. pp. 90–94.
  10. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63022. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  11. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Kent.

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