William Leadbetter Calderwood

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(1865–1950) was a Scottish marine biologist. He served as Director of the Marine Biological Association Laboratory in

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. He was the author of several authoritative works on marine biology. He was a specialist on the life and biology of the salmon. He was also a talented artist.

Life

He was born in

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the son of Rev Henry Calderwood and Anne Hulton Leadbetter. His early childhood was spent in the family home at 197 St. Vincent Street in Central Glasgow. He attended

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. His first role was as a Demonstrator in the Zoology Department at

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. He was Director of the Marine Biological Association Laboratory from 1889-1893. From 1898 to 1830 he was Chief Inspector of Salmon Fisheries of Scotland. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1893. His proposers were Sir William Turner,

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and William Rutherford. During the

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he was in charge of Press Censorship in Scotland. In 1943 he was appointed by the Scottish Hydro-Electric Board as their principal advisor on fishery issues. He died at Carr Bridge in

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on 2 May 1950.

Publications

*''Mussel Culture and Bait Supply'' (1895) *''Cunning in Animals'' in ''Natural Science:December 1896'' *''Life of Henry Calderwood'' (1900) - the biography of his father *''The Life of the Salmon'' (1907) *''Salmon Rivers and Lochs in Scotland'' (1921) *''Salmon Hatchings and Salmon Migrations'' (1931) *''The Status and Distribution of Wild Geese and Wild Duck in Scotland'' (1939)

References

1865 births 1950 deaths People educated at Merchiston Castle School Scientists from Glasgow Scottish zoologists Academics of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 20th-century Scottish people Scottish male painters {{UK-zoologist-stub