Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Maurice Burton

Index Maurice Burton

Maurice Burton (28 March 1898 – 9 September 1992) was a British zoologist and popular science author, who produced many natural history encyclopedias and books including a skeptical treatment of the Loch Ness Monster. [1]

15 relations: Albury, Surrey, Arthur Dendy, Holloway School, Hornsey, King's College London, Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster, London, Natural history, Natural History Museum, London, New Scientist, Sponge, The Daily Telegraph, The Illustrated London News, Zoology.

Albury, Surrey

Albury is a village and civil parish in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England, about south-east of Guildford town centre.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Albury, Surrey · See more »

Arthur Dendy

Arthur Dendy (Manchester, 20 January 1865 – 24 March 1925, London) was an English zoologist known for his work on marine sponges and the terrestrial invertebrates of Victoria, Australia, notably including the "living fossil" Peripatus.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Arthur Dendy · See more »

Holloway School

Holloway School is a coeducational community secondary school, located in the Holloway area of the London Borough of Islington, England.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Holloway School · See more »

Hornsey

Hornsey is a district of north London, England in the London Borough of Haringey.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Hornsey · See more »

King's College London

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London.

New!!: Maurice Burton and King's College London · See more »

Loch Ness

Loch Ness (Loch Nis) is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Loch Ness · See more »

Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster or Nessie is a cryptid of Scottish folklore, reputedly inhabiting Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Loch Ness Monster · See more »

London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

New!!: Maurice Burton and London · See more »

Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms including animals, fungi and plants in their environment; leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Natural history · See more »

Natural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum in London is a natural history museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Natural History Museum, London · See more »

New Scientist

New Scientist, first published on 22 November 1956, is a weekly, English-language magazine that covers all aspects of science and technology.

New!!: Maurice Burton and New Scientist · See more »

Sponge

Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (meaning "pore bearer"), are a basal Metazoa clade as sister of the Diploblasts.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Sponge · See more »

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

New!!: Maurice Burton and The Daily Telegraph · See more »

The Illustrated London News

The Illustrated London News appeared first on Saturday 14 May 1842, as the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.

New!!: Maurice Burton and The Illustrated London News · See more »

Zoology

Zoology or animal biology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.

New!!: Maurice Burton and Zoology · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Burton

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »