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- 1919-1946 (Creation)
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George Parker Bidder was a British marine biologist who primarily studied sponger. He was President of the Marine Biological Association from 1939-1945.
He studied zoology at University College London under Ray Lankester for one year before joining Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the Natural Sciences Tripos until 1886. In 1887 he began working at the Stazione Zoological in Naples, Italy. He joined the MBA in 1893, becoming a member of the council in 1899
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Donated by Mr WB Yapp to the Institute of Biology, 27 Aug 1981. Transferred to ZSL, 14 June 1982
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Circulars, printed papers and correspondence of Dr Bidder, mainly concerning the Meetings of British Zoologists, the forming of the Association of British Zoologists, and urging the split of the British Museum and the Natural History Museum. Most are from 1920's and are unordered. Includes letters from Prof. Balfour-Browne, P Chalmers Mitchell and E Ray Lankester, etc
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- Bidder, George Parker (Subject)
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Used to be GB 0814 ZDA