Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer, KBE, FRS (9 March 1862 – 22 October 1950) was a

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. He was President of the

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1927–1931 and was awarded the

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in 1934. Sidney Harmer was Superintendent of the

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from 1892–1908,

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at the

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from 1909 to 1921 and director of the Museum from 1919 to 1927. His research library is held in th
National Marine Biological Library
at the

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in Plymouth. He was made KBE in the

1920 civilian war honours The New Year Honours 1920 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 1 January 1920 and 30 March 1920 (referred to as the 1920 civ ...

. He was the father of Russell Harmer, the gold-medal winning British sailor, and great uncle of the actress and writer

Juliet Harmer Juliet Linda Harmer (born 11 May 1941) is an English artist, children's author and actress who was best known in the role of Georgina Jones in the BBC TV series '' Adam Adamant Lives!'' (1966–67). Early career Juliet Harmer trained as a P ...

, best known for her role in the 1960s TV series '' Adam Adamant Lives!''.

Selected publications

* * * *as editor with Sir Arthur Shipley: * *with

Richard Lydekker Richard Lydekker (; 25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was an English naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history. Biography Richard Lydekker was born at Tavistock Square in London. His father was Gerard Wolfe Lydekker ...

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* 1862 births 1950 deaths British zoologists Directors of the Natural History Museum, London Fellows of the Royal Society Presidents of the Linnean Society of London Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-zoologist-stub