Quentin Bone FRS (17 August 1931 – 6 July 2021) was a British

marine biologist Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology clas ...

. In 1971, he pioneered the application of

electron microscopy An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of electrons as a source of illumination. It uses electron optics that are analogous to the glass lenses of an optical light microscope to control the electron beam, for instance focusing i ...

to marine life.

Biography

Quentin Bone was the son of

Stephen Bone Stephen Bone (13 November 1904 – 15 September 1958) was an English painter, writer, broadcaster and noted war artist. Bone achieved early success in book illustration using woodcuts before he turned to painting and art criticism. Early life ...

, a painter, writer, broadcaster and war artist, and

Mary Adshead Mary Adshead (15 February 1904 - 3 September 1995) was an English painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Biography Adshead was born in Bloomsbury, London,as the only child of Stanley Davenport Adshead, architect, watercolourist, and Profe ...

, a painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Educated first at

Warwick School Warwick School is a British Public school (United Kingdom), public school (independent school (UK), independent boarding school, boarding and Day school, day school) for boys, in the market town of Warwick, in Warwickshire, England. Known as ...

, he received his degree in zoology in 1951 from

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its foun ...

. He became a doctor of philosophy in 1958 from

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College ( ) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and ...

. In 1984, Quentin Bone became a

fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

.Quentin Bone
''Royalsociety.org'' Quentin Bone married Susan Elizabeth Smith (1958). They have 4 sons.

Research

Quentin Bone worked on the histological studies of the fine structure and physiology of aquatic invertebrates and fish. In 1971, he pioneered the use of

applied to marine life when he took the first electron micrograph at the

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) is a learned society with a scientific laboratory that undertakes research in marine biology. The organisation was founded in 1884 and has been based in Plymouth since the Citadel Hil ...

. He unveiled many histological fundamentals regarding life facilitation in aqueous environments.

Other roles

*1959-1994: Member of the

*Since 1989: Member of the

Institut océanographique The () is an ocean education organization based in Monaco. The institute manages two ocean museums (in Monaco and Paris) and lobbies globally for the preservation of the oceans' ecology. History The Institut océanographique was founded in 1906 ...

(comité de perfectionnement) *Since 1994: Honorary research fellow of the

Publications

*; Taylor & Francis, with R Moore, 2007, *''Biology of Pelagic Tunicates'' Oxford University Press, 1998,

Prizes

*1999:

Linnean Medal The Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or (as has been common since 1958) to one of each in the same year. The medal was of gold until 1976, and ...

*2003:

Frink Medal The Frink Medal for British Zoologists is awarded by the Zoological Society of London "for significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology." It consists of a bronze plaque (76 by 83 millimetres), dep ...

from the

Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity and organization devoted to the worldwide animal conservation, conservation of animals and their habitat conservation, habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained London Zo ...

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References

External links

''Quentin Bone at a bonfire''
painting of Quentin Bone by his father Stephen Bone {{DEFAULTSORT:Bone, Quentin 1931 births 2021 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford British marine biologists Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of St John's College, Oxford People educated at Warwick School

Quentin Quentin is a French masculine given name derived from the Latin first name ''Quintinus'', a diminutive form of ''Quintus'', which means "the fifth". Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et comment� ...

People from Hampstead