Harvey Pirie

James Hunter Harvey Pirie
Born10 December 1878
Died27 September 1965 (1965-09-28) (aged 86)
NationalityScottish

Dr James Hunter Harvey Pirie FRSE FRCPE (10 December 1878[1] – 27 September 1965[2]) was a 20th-century British medical doctor, philatelist, orchid-grower and bacteriologist. Pirie named the bacterial genus Listeria in honor of Joseph Lister and the Pirie Peninsula is named after him. Cape Mabel was named after his wife. In authorship he is known as J. H. H. Pirie.

Pirie (right) with fellow naturalists aboard the Scotia during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
  1. ^ Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
  2. ^ "Dr. J.H. Harvey Pirie" in The London Philatelist, Vol. 74, No. 876, December 1965, p. 223.