Walter Edward Collinge (19 April 1867–24 November 1947) was a British zoologist and museum curator. He is notable for his academic work on terrestrial slugs and

Isopoda Isopoda is an order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called isopods and include both aquatic species and terrestrial species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed l ...

and on economic biology.

Early life and education

Collinge was born in Huddersfield. He undertook his first degree at

Leeds University The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed ...

before becoming a demonstrator in zoology at the

University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, f ...

in 1891.

Career

Collinge was a lecturer in zoology and comparative anatomy at

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when it was founded in 1900. He was director of the Cooper Research Laboratory and edited the first volume of its journal in 1909. From 1915–1919 he returned to St. Andrew's as the Carnegie Research Fellow at the Gatty Marine Laboratory. He became Keeper of the

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in March 1921 and stayed in this post until his retirement in March 1941. During his tenure at the Yorkshire Museum, Collinge devoted much of his academic attention to the economic aspects of ornithology. Collinge was a member of many learned societies. He was a member of the

British Numismatic Society The British Numismatic Society exists to promote the study and understanding of British numismatics. The Society was founded in 1903, focusing on all forms of coinage, tokens, banknotes and medals relating to the British Isles and former parts ...

, a 'foreign member' of the

American Association of Economic Entomologists The Entomological Society of America (ESA) was founded in 1889 and today has more than 7,000 members, including educators, extension personnel, consultants, students, researchers, and scientists from agricultural departments, health agencies, ...

, Honorary Fellow of the

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...

, joint secretary of the Association of Economic Biologists, and a member of the

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. He was a fellow of the

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, the

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and the

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, and had served as president of the

Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland is a British-based society concerned with the study of molluscs and their shells. It was founded in 1876, and is one of the oldest such societies in the world. It is a registered UK charity (n ...

Binominal authority

Collinge identified several species as new to science, including '' Arion flagellus'', '' Cryptosemelus gracilis'', and '' Microparmarion pollonerai''. Two species are named in honour of Collinge, ''

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'' and ''

Streptaxis collingei ''Streptaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Streptaxis Gray, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: htt ...

''.

Publications

*Collinge, W. E. 1893.
Description of the anatomy &c. of a new species and variety of Arion
, ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (6) 12 (70). 252-254. *Collinge, W. E. 189
''The Skull of the Dog: A Manual for Students with a Glossary of Osteological Terms''
London. *Collinge, W. E. 1902
"On the non-operculate land and fresh-water molluscs collected by the members of the "Skeat expedition" in the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900"
''

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'' 9(3). *Collinge, W. E. 1908. ''Report on the injurious insects and other animals observed in the Midland counties during 1904-07''. Birmingham, Cornish bros. *Collinge, W. E. 1912
''Second report on economic biology''
Birmingham, The Midland Educational. *Collinge, W. E. 1913
''The Food of some British Wild Birds: A Study in Economic Ornithology''
London. *Collinge, W. E. 1915. "Description of a new Genus and Species of Terrestrial Isopoda from British Guiana", ''Zoological Journal of the

'' 32 (220), 509–511 *Collinge, W. E. 1917.
On the oral appendages of certain species of marine Isopoda
. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology'', 34. 65–92. *Collinge, W. E. 1934.
On a Roman Phalera Found near Malton
. ''Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1934)''. 3–4. *Collinge, W. E. 1935.
On Some Spoon-shaped Fibulae in the Yorkshire Museum and Elsewhere
. ''Proceedings of the

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(1935)''. 1–4. *Collinge, W. E. 1935.
On a Roman memorial stone in the Yorkshire Museum
''Proceedings of the

(1935)''. 5-6. *Collinge, W. E. 1935. "Woodlice, their Folk-Lore and Local Names", ''The North-Western Naturalist'' 10. 19–21.

Note

:1. A full list of the described species of molluscs by Collinge i
here

References

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