Frederick William Gamble

Frederick William Gamble FRS (1869–1926) was a zoologist and author.[2]

Frederick William Gamble
Born(1869-07-13)July 13, 1869
Manchester
DiedSeptember 14, 1926(1926-09-14) (aged 57)
Alvechurch, Worcestershire
Known forThe Animal World[1]
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
University of Birmingham

After secondary education at Manchester Grammar School, Gamble attended the University of Manchester, where he graduated in 1891 B.Sc. and obtained in 1982 the Bishop Berkeley Fellowship. He then studied at Leipzig University. Returning to Manchester, he received in 1893 his M.Sc. At the University of Manchester, he became in 1893 junior lecturer and demonstrator in zoology, in 1895 senior lecturer and demonstrator, and afterwards was promoted to assistant-director of the University Zoological Laboratories.[2] He received his D.Sc. in 1900. In 1909 he was appointed to the chair of zoology at the University of Birmingham and continued in the chair until his death.[3]

Gamble was elected F.R.S. in 1907. He was president of the Zoology Section at the British Association meeting at Toronto in 1924.[3]

Selected publications
  • "The power of colour-change in animals". Transactions and Annual Report of the Manchester Microscopical Society. 1899.
  • with J. H. Ashworth: The anatomy and classification of the Arenicolidae. 1900.
  • Animal Life. 1908.
  • The Animal World. 1911; with an introduction by Sir Oliver Lodge. This book is part of the series Home University Library of Modern Knowledge published by Williams and Norgate.
  • as editor: A Junior Course of Practical Zoology by A. Milnes Marshall and C. Herbert Hurst (born 1833). Gamble edited the fifth (1899), sixth (1905), and seventh (1912) editions.

References
  1. "Review of The Animal World by F. W. Gamble". Nature Study Review. 8 (1): 44. January 1912.
  2. "Frederick William Gamble". Who's Who: 913. 1919.
  3. "Obituary. Professor Frederick William Gamble". The Times. 16 September 1926.


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