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

• 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. "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