Richard Norris Wolfenden

Richard Norris Wolfenden
Portrait from c.1905.
Born1854
Died1926
NationalityBritish
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge;
Occupationphysician

Richard Norris Wolfenden (1854–1926) was an English physician and oceanographer.

Life

Wolfenden was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge.[1] He practised as a London physician, and lectured in physiology at the Charing Cross Hospital medical school.[1] He was House Physician at the London Hospital and Senior Physician at the Throat Hospital, Golden Square, London.[1] He founded and edited the Journal of Laryngology and Rhinology.[1]

As well as his medical practice, Wolfenden also interested himself in oceanography.[2] Together with George Herbert Fowler, Wolfenden founded the Challenger Society for Marine Science in 1903.

Works

  • On infantile cerebral paralysis, 1886
  • Studies in pathological anatomy, especially in relation to laryngeal neoplasms, 1888
  • Copepoda, 1908
  • Scientific and biological researches in the North Atlantic : conducted by the author on his yachts 'The Walwin' and 'The Silver Belle', 1909

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Wolfenden, Richard Norris (WLFN873RN)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Damkaer, D. M., 'Determination and enthusiasm: Richard Norris Wolfenden (1854-1926), his plankton studies and other things oceanographical', Archives of Natural History 27:2 (2000), 209-29

Sources

  • J. Dundas-Grant, "In memoriam: R. Norris Wolfenden", Journal of laryngology and otology, 1926, pp. 833–834
  • D.M. Damkaer, "R. Norris Wolfenden, M.D.: the medical episode", Journal of laryngology and otology, 1989, 103: 1005-1013


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