The Plymouth Laboratory and the institutionalization of experimental zoology in Britain in the 1920s

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-183

  Erlingsson, Steindór J ^a  

^a NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Development fund; Edgar J. Allen; Experimental zoology; George P. Bidder; Lancelot Hogben; Marine biological association of the United Kingdom; Naples; Physiological laboratory; Plymouth; Ray Lankester investigatorship; Zoological station

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 63949086773     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-008-9157-9     Document Type: Article

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