John Anderson (zoologist)
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John Anderson FRS (4 October 1833 – 22 July 1900) was a Scottish zoologist.
He was born in Edinburgh, studied medicine in 1861 and went to India in 1861, becoming the first curator of the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1865 and held the position until 1887, when he was succeeded by James Wood-Mason. In 1867 he accompanied Col. Sladen as a naturalist on an expedition to Upper Burma and Yunnan.[1]
He made extensive zoological collections in Egypt, forming the basis of his Zoology of Egypt. He died in Buxton, England. During his time in India, he made several collecting expeditions to China and Burma.
Species named after him include Sacculina andersoni Giard, 1887, a parastic barnacle.
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- ^ Smith, M. A. 1941. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Amphibia.
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