George Leslie Purser

George Leslie Purser FRSE (1891–1967) was a 20th-century British zoologist and embryologist.

Life

He was born in the Moseley district of Birmingham on 23 December 1891 the son of George Jesse Purser (1853-1927) and his wife, Harriet Annie Purser (1862-1952).[1]

He studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University graduating MA in 1915.[2] He immediately began lecturing in Embryology and Histology at Glasgow University moving to Edinburgh University around 1918.

In 1920 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Hartley Ashworth, James Cossar Ewart, James Lorrain Smith and Alexander Laurie.[3]

He moved to Aberdeen University in the 1920s and remained there until retiral in 1955.

He died on 20 July 1967 and is buried with his parents in Felixstowe Municipal Cemetery.

Publications

  • Embryology and Evolution (1930)
  • Anatomy and Histology of Fishes
  • Reproduction of Lebistes Reticulatus

References

  1. ↑ Sale, Charles. "Gravestone Photographs Resource grave details page". www.gravestonephotos.com.
  2. ↑ Public Schools Year Book 1915
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.



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