Ernest Ruthven Sykes (1867-1954) was a
malacologist
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...
from Great Britain.
[Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009)]
''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed.''
830 pp. & 32 pp. nnex of Collations American Malacological Society
He married Gladys, who was a daughter of his malacological colleague
James Cosmo Melvill
Sir James Cosmo Melvill (8 June 1792 – 23 July 1861) was a British administrator who served as the last secretary of the East India Company.
Life
Born at Guernsey, he was the third but eldest surviving son of Philip Melvill (1762–1811), l ...
.
He published 99 malacological articles.
[Rees W. J. (1962). "ERNEST RUTHVEN SYKES (1867-1954)". '' Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History''. 4(1): 20-27. .]
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1867 births
1954 deaths
British malacologists
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