Bell, Francis Jeffrey

Title ^Ref: *1

Emer Prof

First name(s)

Francis Jeffrey

Surname

Bell

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *1

• Chair of Comparative Anatomy, 1879 -1897
• Emeritus Professor/ Fellow 1897

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended ^{Refs: *1 *3}

• Christ’s Hospital, London
• Magdalene College, Oxford 1874-1878 ^{Ref: *7}

Qualifications ^{Refs: *1 *3}

• BA Zoology, Magdalen College, Oxford (1878) ^{Ref: *5}
• Hons in Natural Science, Magdalen College, Oxford (1878) ^{Ref: *5}
• MA Oxon (1881) ^{Ref: *7}

Position(s) held (non King's College London) ^Ref: *1

• Examiner in Animal Morphology Magdalen College, Oxford, 1893-94
• Zoological Department British Museum, 1878-1919
• Examiner in Natural Science Tripos, Cambridge, 1897-98
• Hon. Assistant Sec. Officers' Association, International Congress of Zoology (1898).

Professional activities ^Ref: *4

Member of Linnean Society

Publications ^Ref: *4

Select Publications:

• Translator, Carl. C. Gegenbaur, Comparative Anatomy (1879) ^{Ref: *5}
• Manual on Comparative Anatomy and Physiology 1885
• Catalogue of British Echinoderms in the British Museum
• Editor of Catalogue of Madrepararia in British Museum; Natural History; Reports of Voyage of the Discovery; Memoirs in Trans. & Proc. Zool. Soc.; Journal of the Linnean Society

Personal details

Date of birth

[1855]

Place of birth ^{Refs: *1 *2}

Calcutta, India

Date of death ^{Refs: *1 *2}

1 April 1924

Obituary

"Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell", Nature 113, 541-541 (12 April 1924)

Family details

Eldest son of F. J. Bell of Calcutta (1823–1856) and Barbara Anne Shaw (1834–1918). ^{Ref: *6} Relation of Sir Charles Bell the anatomist. ^{Ref: *5}

Notes

Zoological specialist in echinoderms.