Geoffrey Fryer in 1971

Geoffrey Fryer FRS (born, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 6 August 1927) is a British biologist.[1]

Education

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Huddersfield College, and University of London.

Personal life

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Married Vivienne Hodgson, 1953. One son [1961] and one daughter [1963].

Career

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Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Windermere Laboratory, Freshwater Biological Association 1981-1988. Honorary Professor, University of Lancaster since 1988.

Honours

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He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972. Awarded the Zoological Society of London Frink Medal in 1983 and the Linnean Medal in 1987.

Tribute

Fish named after Fryer:

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ^ ‘FRYER, Dr Geoffrey’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 8 July 2013