John Stephenson (zoologist)

John Stephenson CIE FRS FRSE FRCS (6 February 1871, in Padiham, Lancashire – 2 February 1933, in London) was a surgeon and zoologist.[1][2] He was a leading expert on the earthworms of the Indian subcontinent and served as editor of the Fauna of British India series from 1927. Knowledgeable in Persian, Hindustani and some Arabic, he was also an orientalist scholar and translated several works from Persian to English.[3]

  1. ^ Crawford, D.G. (1930). "2384. Stephenson, John". Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615–1930. Vol. 1 (1800–1930). Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co. p. 232. ISBN 9781781502297.
  2. ^ "John Stephenson. 1871–1933". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (2): 149–152. 1933. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1933.0014.
  3. ^ Stephenson, John – Biographical entry – Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online