| Activity | Gadow studied zoology as a student under the renowned German evolutionist Ernst Haeckel, but began to make his mark only after moving over to England and taking a job at the British Museum in 1880. Shortly thereafter he became associated, permanently, with Cambridge University. Gadow's research focused on the anatomy and morphology of birds, and his publications in that area are important for the effect they had on twentieth century systematics studies on that group. He also worked on reptiles and amphibians, and in the years surrounding the turn of the century embarked on a series of travels in Spain and Mexico in which he developed a strong interest in the geographical distribution and dispersal mechanisms of these groups.
1880 appointed as research assistant, Department of Zoology. 1882 made trustee and curator of the Strickland Foundation for Birds at Cambridge University's Zoology Museum. 1884 lecturer at King's College, Cambridge he also becomes a naturalised british citizen. In 1888 he became a member of the Zoological Society of London and in 1892 he was elected to the Royal Society. In 1920 he was made reader in vertebrate morphology at Kings College.
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