Sydney J. Hickson

British zoologist (1859–1940)

Sydney John Hickson FRS
Born	(1859-06-25)25 June 1859 Highgate, London
Died	6 February 1940(1940-02-06) (aged 80) Cambridge
Nationality	British
Occupation	Zoologist

Sydney John Hickson FRS (25 June 1859 – 6 February 1940), was a British zoologist known for his groundbreaking research in evolution, embryology, genetics, and systematics.^[1]

Hickson travelled in the Malay archipelago in 1885–1886.^[2] He was appointed Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester in 1894 and was elected FRS in 1895. The Manchester Museum has many specimens of coral that came from Sydney Hickson, a specialist on corals. These include a number of type specimens of names published by Hickson and others, including Stanley Gardiner. Hickson's papers are held at the University of Manchester Library.^[3] Hickson was President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society from 1915 to 1917.

He collected plants in Indonesia, Mexico, and Arizona. His botanical specimens are stored at Kew Gardens.^[4]

Hickson's daughter Sylvia Kema Hickson (married name Guthrie) became a paediatrician in Manchester.^[5]

Selected works

A naturalist in north Celebes. 1889.^[6]
The fauna of the deep sea. 1894.^[7]
The story of life in the seas. 1901.^[8]

References

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Citations

^ Gardiner 1941, p. 383.
^ "Hickson, Sydney John". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. pp. 837–838.
^ "ELGAR: Electronic Gateway to Archives at Rylands :: Display in Full". archives.li.man.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ Desmond, Ray, ed. (25 February 1994). "Hickson, Sydney John". Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 340. ISBN 9780850668438.
^ Lejeune, C. A. (1964) Thank You for Having Me. London: Hutchinson; p. 23
^ Guillemard, F. H. H. (20 March 1890). "Review: A Naturalist in North Celebes". Nature. 41 (1064): 457–458. doi:10.1038/041457a0. S2CID 4039192.
^ "Review: The Fauna of the Deep Sea by Sydney J. Hickson". Book News. Vol. 12. 1894. p. 296.
^ "Review: Story of Life in the Seas. The by Sydney J. Hickson". The Book News Monthly. Vol. 21. 1903. p. 822.

References

Gardiner, J. Stanley (January 1941), "Sydney John Hickson, 1859-1940", Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, 3 (9): 383–394, doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0009, S2CID 178671072, retrieved 17 November 2012

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Francis Nicholson	President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1915–17	Succeeded by William Thomson

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

Presidents

18th Century	Peter Mainwaring James Massey Dr Thomas Percival (I)
19th Century	Dr Thomas Percival (II) George Walker Thomas Henry (I) Dr John Hull Thomas Henry (II) John Dalton Dr Edward Holme Eaton Hodgkinson John Moore Sir William Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William Binney (II) James Prescott Joule (III) Dr Henry Edward Schunck (II) Edward William Binney (III) James Prescott Joule (IV) Edward William Binney (IV) Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe William Crawford Williamson Robert Dukinfield Darbishire Balfour Stewart Osborne Reynolds Dr Henry Edward Schunck (III) Prof. Sir Arthur Schuster Henry Wilde Dr Henry Edward Schunck (IV) James Cosmo Melvill Prof. Sir Horace Lamb
20th Century	Prof. Sir Horace Lamb Charles Bailey Prof. Sir William Boyd Dawkins Sir William Henry Bailey Prof. Harold Baily Dixon (I) Francis Jones Prof. Frederick Ernest Weiss Francis Nicholson Prof. Sydney John Hickson William Thomson Prof. Sir Grafton Elliot Smith Prof. Sir Henry Alexander Miers Thomas Alfred Coward Prof. Harold Baily Dixon (II) Rev. Aloysius Laurence Cortie Herbert Levinstein Prof. Sir William Lawrence Bragg Charles Edmond Stromeyer Prof. Bernard Mouat Jones John Allan Prof. Reginald William James Robert Henry Clayton Prof. Douglas Rayner Hartree Prof. Herbert John Fleure Prof. Michael Polanyi Prof. Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster Dr Eric John Francis James Horace Hayhurst (I) Prof. Sir Geoffrey Jefferson Sir Peter Percy F. R. Venables Dr F. C. Toy C. E. Young Prof. Henry Solomon Lipson (I) Leonard Cohen Margaret Pilkington Horace Hayhurst (II) Brian Rodgers Dr George N. Burkhardt Dr George James Kynch Dr Edward Noah Abrahart Anthony Edmund Rivers Goulty Prof. Henry Solomon Lipson (II) Harry M. Fairhurst David G. Wilson Dr Lionel J. R. Postle Prof. Sir Netar P. Mallick (I) Dr Brian S. H. Rarity Philip G. Livesey Prof. Donald Stephen Lowell Cardwell Dr Edward Fletcher Cass Prof. Alexander Donnachie Dianne Wilson
21st Century	Iain E. Gillespie Angus G. D. Yeaman Keith D. Buckley Vivienne Blackburn Mary, Lady Mallick David J. Higginson Prof. Kenneth M. Letherman Prof. Sir Netar P. Mallick (II) Dr Diana M. Leitch Dr Susan R. Hilton Ian Cameron

Awards

Honorary Membership
Dalton Medal

Lectures

Publications

Memoirs and Proceedings
Who's Who of Greater Manchester

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