Harry Wallis Kew
Kew in c.1930
Born1868
Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Died1948
Known forWork on pseudoscorpions and molluscs
Scientific career
FieldsZoology

Harry Wallis Kew FZS (1868–1948) was an amateur English zoologist.

Wallis Kew worked as a bank clerk in Kent and devoted his free time to the study of pseudoscorpions and molluscs.[1] He is best remembered for his book entitled The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc, which included a preface by Alfred Russel Wallace. In this work, Wallis Kew was tracking the phenomena that is now referred to as invasive species in relation to molluscs,[2] and in particular the zebra mussel.[3]

Wallis Kew was the grandson of woodcarver, Thomas Wilkinson Wallis, and in 1884 founded the Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian and Literary Society.[4] He was a member of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union from 1910 and served as its president in 1927.[5]

The gastropod Ameranella kewi (Dickerson, 1915) was named in his honour.

Works

  • 1893 The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc
  • 1901 Lincolnshire Pseudoscorpions: With an Account of the Associations of Such Animals with Other Arthropods
  • 1911 A Synopsis of the False-scorpions of Britain and Ireland
  • 1912 On the Pairing of Pseudoscorpiones
  • 1914 On the Nests of Pseudoscorpiones: With Historical Notes on the Spinning Organs and Observations on the Building and Spinning of the Nests
  • 1932 Thomas Johnson, Botanist and Royalist, Etc.

References

  1. ↑ Conchology, Inc. "Kew, Harry Wallis". Conchology, Inc. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Simberloff, Daniel (Dr); Rejmanek, Marcel (Dr) (2010). Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions. California: University of California Press. p. 372. ISBN 9780520948433.
  3. ↑ Egan, Dan. "How invasive species changed the Great Lakes forever". Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Louth Museum. "Thomas Wilkinson Wallis - 1821 to 1903". Louth Museum. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Report of the Honorary Secretary". Transactions of the Lincolnshire Naturalists Union. 12 (2): 99. 1949.


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