Frank Turk (biologist)

Not to be confused with Frank Turk.
Frank Archibald Sinclair Turk
Born 15 January 1915 (1915-01-15)
Wimbledon, London
Died 14 February 1986 (1986-02-15) (aged 71)
Cornwall
Residence Cornwall
Nationality British
Fields Zoology
Institutions University of Exeter
Alma mater London University
Spouse Stella Turk

Frank Archibald Sinclair Turk (15 January 1911 – 14 February 1986) was a noted entomologist and adult educationalist.[1]

In addition to his published work on insects, Frank worked as an adult educationalist and ran a programme through the University of Exeter's Department of Extra-Mural Studies. He had a close relationship with several artists including, the artist Peter Lanyon's son Andrew Lanyon, Peter Liddle and Sven Berlin.[2]

Frank is survived by his wife Stella Turk, MBE, who is also a published zoologist and worked with Frank in the field of adult education. Together they were instrumental in founding the Cornish Biological Record Unit at the University of Exeter's, Institute of Cornish Studies which was later incorporated into the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.[3] Frank was elected to be the Trust's first president in 1962.

Publications

Turk's publications include:

See also

References

  1. Savory T H, 1961. Spiders Men and Scorpions. 191pp. Univ. London Press. London. [info on FA Turk at p 176]
  2. Kuhn, Anselm (2009), Sven Berlin, artcornwall.org, archived from the original on January 6, 2014, retrieved January 6, 2014
  3. Millar, Rowena (2013), Trust stalwarts receive honours (Issue No.91 - Summer 2003), Cornwall Wildlife Trust, archived from the original on September 30, 2015, retrieved January 6, 2014


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