Harry Wallis Kew | |
|---|---|
 Kew in c.1930 | |
| Born | 1868 Louth, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died | 1948 |
| Known for | Work on pseudoscorpions and molluscs |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
Harry Wallis Kew FZS (1868–1948) was an amateur English zoologist.
Wallis Kew worked as a bank clerk in Kent and devoted his free time to the study of pseudoscorpions and molluscs.[1] He is best remembered for his book entitled The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc, which included a preface by Alfred Russel Wallace. In this work, Wallis Kew was tracking the phenomena that is now referred to as invasive species in relation to molluscs,[2] and in particular the zebra mussel.[3]
Wallis Kew was the grandson of woodcarver, Thomas Wilkinson Wallis, and in 1884 founded the Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian and Literary Society.[4] He was a member of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union from 1910 and served as its president in 1927.[5]
The gastropod Ameranella kewi (Dickerson, 1915) was named in his honour.
- ^ Conchology, Inc. "Kew, Harry Wallis". Conchology, Inc. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ Simberloff, Daniel (Dr); Rejmanek, Marcel (Dr) (2010). Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions. California: University of California Press. p. 372. ISBN 9780520948433.
- ^ Egan, Dan. "How invasive species changed the Great Lakes forever". Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ Louth Museum. "Thomas Wilkinson Wallis - 1821 to 1903". Louth Museum. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Report of the Honorary Secretary". Transactions of the Lincolnshire Naturalists Union. 12 (2): 99. 1949.