Frank Turk (biologist)

Not to be confused with Frank Turk.

Frank Archibald Sinclair Turk
Born15 January 1911 (1911-01-15)
Wimbledon, London, England
Died14 February 1996 (1996-02-15) (aged 85)
Cornwall, England
Alma materLondon University
SpouseStella Turk
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
InstitutionsUniversity of Exeter

Frank Archibald Sinclair Turk (15 January 1911 – 14 February 1996) was a noted entomologist and adult educationalist.[1]

In addition to his published work on insects, Frank worked as an adult educationalist and ran a programme through the University of Exeter's Department of Extra-Mural Studies. He had a close relationship with several artists including, the artist Peter Lanyon's son Andrew Lanyon, Peter Liddle and Sven Berlin.[2]

Frank's wife Stella Turk, MBE, was also a published zoologist and worked with Frank in the field of adult education. Together they were instrumental in founding the Cornish Biological Record Unit at the University of Exeter's Institute of Cornish Studies which was later incorporated into the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.[3] Frank was elected to be the Trust's first president in 1962.

  1. ^ Savory T H, 1961. Spiders Men and Scorpions. 191pp. Univ. London Press. London. [info on FA Turk at p 176]
  2. ^ Kuhn, Anselm (2009), Sven Berlin, artcornwall.org, archived from the original on 28 July 2014, retrieved 6 January 2014
  3. ^ Millar, Rowena (2013), Trust stalwarts receive honours, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, archived from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 6 January 2014