Errol White
Errol Ivor White CBE FRS[1] FLS FGS (30 June 1901 – 11 January 1985) was a British geologist who was president of the Ray Society from 1956 to 1959 and president of the Linnean Society of London from 1964 to 1967.
Errol Ivor White | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 June 1901 |
| Died | 11 January 1985 (aged 83) London |
| Occupation | Palaeontologist |
| Awards | Murchison Medal Linnean Gold Medal |
White was educated at Highgate School and King's College London (Tennant Prizeman).[2]
White was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.[1] He was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1962 and the Linnean Gold Medal in 1970.
Legacy edit
A genus of Devonian arthrodire placoderm fish, Errolosteus, a genus of Carboniferous actinopterygian fish, Whiteichthys, a genus of Triassic ray-finned fish, Errolichthys, a genus of Triassic actinistian fish, Whiteia, and two Eocene genera of teleost fish, Whitapodus and Whitephippus, are named in his honour.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Stubblefield, J. (1985). "Errol Ivor White. 30 June 1901-11 January 1985". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 31: 634–651. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1985.0022. JSTOR 769939.
- ^ ‘White, Errol Ivor’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016