William Abbott Herdman

British Association members of the voyage around Africa 1905. W.A. Herdman and his wife are left in the middle row.
Small Colony of Pyrosoma: illustration by W A Herdman

Sir William Abbott Herdman FRS FRSE FLS (5 September 1858, Edinburgh – 21 July 1924) was a Scottish marine zoologist and oceanographer.[1][2]

His zoological author abbreviation is Herdman.

  1. ^ "HERDMAN, William Abbott". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 827.
  2. ^ "obit. Sir William A. Herdman, F.R.S." Nature. 114 (2857): 165–166. 2 August 1924. doi:10.1038/114165a0.