Cresswell Shearer

Cresswell Shearer, FRS[1] (24 May 1874 – 6 February 1941), was a British zoologist[2] who worked on echinoids.[3] He was an uncle of actress Norma Shearer.

Cresswell Shearer
Born(1874-05-24)May 24, 1874
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedFebruary 6, 1941(1941-02-06) (aged 66)
Cambridge, England
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge, McGill University, Johns Hopkins University, Stazione Zoologica

References
  1. Gray, J. (1942). "Cresswell Shearer. 1874-1941". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (11): 15–19. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1942.0002.
  2. Gray, J. (1941). "Dr. Cresswell Shearer, F.R.S". Nature. 147 (3724): 319. doi:10.1038/147319a0.
  3. Shearer, C.; Morgan, W. D.; Fuchs, H. M. (1914). "On the Experimental Hybridization of Echinoids". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 204 (303–312): 255–362. doi:10.1098/rstb.1914.0008.


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