Thomas Hincks
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Thomas Hincks was a British
cleric and a naturalist
known for his work on zoophyte
s and bryozoa
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He was born the son of the Rev. W. Hincks in Exeter, Devon, studied at Manchester New College, York, from 1833 to 1839 and the University of London
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He became a Unitarian minister and served at Cork (1839), Dublin (1842), Warrington (1844), Exeter (1846), Sheffield (1852) and Leeds (1855). He lost his voice whilst in Leeds, and had to resign. He retired to Clifton and studied zoophytes, especially in Devon.
He published "A history of the British hydroid zoophytes" (1868) and "A history of the British marine Polyzoa" (1880).
In June, 1872 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
At least six genera and 13 species of invertebrates are named in his honour.
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cleric and a naturalist
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
known for his work on zoophyte
Zoophyte
A zoophyte is an animal that visually resembles a plant. An example is a sea anemone. The name is obsolete in modern science.Zoophytes are common in medieval and renaissance era herbals, notable examples including the Tartar Lamb, a plant which grew sheep as fruit...
s and bryozoa
Bryozoa
The Bryozoa, also known as Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals, are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals. Typically about long, they are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water using a retractable lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles lined with cilia...
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He was born the son of the Rev. W. Hincks in Exeter, Devon, studied at Manchester New College, York, from 1833 to 1839 and the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
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He became a Unitarian minister and served at Cork (1839), Dublin (1842), Warrington (1844), Exeter (1846), Sheffield (1852) and Leeds (1855). He lost his voice whilst in Leeds, and had to resign. He retired to Clifton and studied zoophytes, especially in Devon.
He published "A history of the British hydroid zoophytes" (1868) and "A history of the British marine Polyzoa" (1880).
In June, 1872 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
At least six genera and 13 species of invertebrates are named in his honour.