Richard Norris Wolfenden (1854-1926) was an English physician and oceanographer

Wolfenden was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...

. He practised as a London physician, and lectured in physiology at the Charing Cross Hospital

Charing Cross Hospital

Charing Cross Hospital is a general, acute hospital located in London, United Kingdom and established in 1818. It is located several miles to the west of the city centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham....

 medical school. He was House Physician at the London Hospital and Senior Physician at the Throat Hospital, Golden Square, London. He founded and edited the Journal of Laryngology and Rhinology. As well as his medical practice, Wolfenden also interested himself in oceanography.. Together with George Herbert Fowler

George Herbert Fowler

George Herbert Fowler was an English zoologist, historian and archivist.Fowler was educated at, Eton College and Keble College, Oxford. From 1887 to 1889 he was assistant to E. Ray Lankester at University College, London...

, Wolfenden founded the Challenger Society for Marine Science

Challenger Society for Marine Science

The Challenger Society for Marine Science is a learned society established in 1903 in the United Kingdom around the interdisciplinary subject of marine science...

in 1903.

Works

• On infantile cerebral paralysis, 1886
• Studies in pathological anatomy, especially in relation to laryngeal neoplasms, 1888
• Copepoda, 1908
• Scientific and biological researches in the North Atlantic : conducted by the author on his yachts 'The Walwin' and 'The Silver Belle', 1909