2016
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.550.9863
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Sherborn’s foraminiferal studies and their influence on the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Abstract: Sherborn's work on the Foraminifera clearly provided the initial spark to compile the major indexes for which he is famous. Contact and help from famous early micropalaeontologists such as T. Rupert Jones and Fortescue William Millett led Sherborn to produce his Bibliography of Foraminifera and subsequently a two-part Index of Foraminiferal Genera and Species. Edward Heron-Allen, whose mentor was Millett, was subsequently inspired by the bibliography to attempt to acquire every publication listed. This remarka… Show more

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“…Sherborn was seemingly inclined to unrestrained criticism at times. In 1888 the Royal Society of London refused him support for his bibliography of foraminiferans because of his savage review of a foreign rival ( Miller 2016 , Shindler 2016 ). In a 1905 letter to Arthur Smith Woodward, then Keeper of Palaeontology, Sherborn described the British Museum’s Chalk echinoderms as “disgraceful material” ( NHM Archives DF 100/39/256; P. M. Cooper, pers.…”
Section: Origin and Contentmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Sherborn was seemingly inclined to unrestrained criticism at times. In 1888 the Royal Society of London refused him support for his bibliography of foraminiferans because of his savage review of a foreign rival ( Miller 2016 , Shindler 2016 ). In a 1905 letter to Arthur Smith Woodward, then Keeper of Palaeontology, Sherborn described the British Museum’s Chalk echinoderms as “disgraceful material” ( NHM Archives DF 100/39/256; P. M. Cooper, pers.…”
Section: Origin and Contentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1803–1835, assembled by a person named Weeks and stemming, at least in part, from the 18 th century collection of James Cox (c. 1723–1800) ( Coleman et al 1902 , Altick 1978 , Smith 2008 ). And despite recent studies ( Hodgkinson 2006 , Miller 2016 ), one is left in the dark as to why the foram worker Fortescue W. Millett (1833–1915) “kept his rare books in the W. C. under the seat” (p. 97). Did Sherborn mean that Millett had an ultra-superior throne carefully integrated into the room’s wood panelling, with convenient bookshelves designed in?…”
Section: Assessmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a result there are several nomenclatural indexes that aim to be comprehensive for their focal taxa, for example, Index Kewensis in botany, Index Fungorum or MycoBank in mycology, and Zoological Record and Index Animalium in zoology. Sherborn’s effort in Index Animalium surely stands as the giant among these efforts due to the sheer scale of described animal diversity ( Evenhuis 2016 ; Miller 2016 ; Taylor 2016 ; Dickinson 2016 ; Pilsk et al 2016 ; Welter-Schultes et al 2016 ). Taxonomists use these indexes to trace nomenclatural acts through the literature and to help ensure they have considered relevant published works.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Two years later, he met the retired Professor of Geology at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Thomas Rupert Jones, who asked Sherborn for help with papers he was writing on microscopic fossils known as foraminifera ( Miller 2016 ). By 1887 – all in his spare time – they had published three papers together, with Sherborn, who had considerable artistic talent, doing the drawings.…”
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“…In addition to his work on the Index , he was president or fellow of various learned societies, wrote nearly 200 books and papers, including important contributions on microfossils ( Miller 2016 ) and catalogues of natural history collections ( Taylor 2016 ). He also catalogued the collections and library of the Geological Society of London.…”
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