Richard Norris Wolfenden

Richard Norris Wolfenden

Portrait from c.1905.
Born 1854
Died 1926
Nationality British
Alma mater Christ's College, Cambridge;
Occupation physician

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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

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