English ichthyologist
John Roxborough Norman (1898, Wandsworth , London – 26 May 1944, Berkhamsted , Hertfordshire [1] ) was an English ichthyologist .
He started as a clerk in a bank. His lifetime affliction with rheumatic fever began during his military service during the First World War . He entered the British Museum in 1921 where he worked for Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943). From 1939 to 1944, he was in charge of the Natural History Museum at Tring as the Curator of Zoology. Norman was the author of, among others, A History of Fishes (1931) and A Draft Synopsis of the Orders, Families and Genera of Recent Fishes (1957). He was considered closer to Albert Günther (1830-1914) than to Regan.
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References
^ "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007" .
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE" . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022 .
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE" . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 March 2023 .
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE" . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 February 2024 .
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (3 February 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 2): Suborder Normanichthyiodei: Family Normanichthyidae" . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 July 2022 .
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