Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire

Dukinfield Darbishire in 1911
Plate from Breeding and the Mendelian Discovery, by A.D. Darbishire)
Darbishire's name is listed on panel 3 of the Brookwood Memorial

Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire FRSE (14 February 1879 – 26 December 1915) was a short-lived but influential British zoologist and geneticist. He was the first person to lecture in Genetics in the UK. He caused a stir in the world of genetics in the early 20th century in the debate over theory, sometimes referred to as The Mendel Wars.[1]

From 1901 he conducted a series of experiments (working under Raphael Weldon) on the hybridisation of mice in the laboratory.[2]

He was author of the highly influential book Breeding and the Mendelian Discovery.

  1. ^ "Edinburgh's first geneticist: Arthur Darbishire (1879–1915) | Untold Stories". libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ Marvelling at the Marvel: The Supposed Conversion of A D Darbishire to Mendelism, by Rachel A Ankeny