Record

CodePX3563
Dates1882-1945
Person NameKemp; Stanley Wells (1882-1945); Zoologist
SurnameKemp
Forenames Stanley Wells
EpithetZoologist
ActivityZoologist; marine biology, botany and entomology

Studied at Trinity College, Dublin graduating in 1903. Member of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society 1900. Member of the Entomological Society 1903. Assistant Naturalist in the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction. Senior Assistant Superintendent in the Zoological and Anthropological section for the Indian Museum, Calcutta 1910. Accompanied the Abor Expedition 1911-1912. Resigned from the service of the Zoological Survey 1924. Director of scientific investigations for the 'Discovery' Committee of the Colonial Office 1924. Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory Plymouth. Elected fellow of the Royal Society 1931 and served on the council 1935-1936. Honorary secretary of the Linnean Society 1933-1936. Received Victoria Medal of the Geographical Society 1936. President of Section D (Zoology) of the British Association 1938.
RelationshipsFather Stephen Kemp, professor at the Royal Academy and Royal School of Music. Ttwo brothers. Married Agnes Green 1913. One daughter
Catalogue
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DF/PH/2/6/2/18Staff Group Photograph: Isabella Gordon, W T Calman and S W Kemp at International Zoological Congress, Lisbon
DF/ZOO/232/6/6/7/2Kemp, S.
DF/ZOO/252/1/2/79Irish Fisheries - Kemp, Stanley Wells (Dublin, Clifden)
DF/ZOO/252/1/9/22Kemp, Stanley Wells (Calcutta)
DF/ZOO/252/1/1/16Kemp, Stanley Wells (Dublin)
DF/ZOO/252/1/6/79Kemp, Stanley Wells (Calcutta, Ireland, Kingstown & Malta)
DF/ZOO/252/1/4/90Kemp, Stanley Wells (Dublin)
DF/ZOO/252/1/9/23Kemp, Stanley Wells (Calcutta)
DF/ZOO/252/1/11/68Kemp, Stanley Wells (Calcutta)
DF/ZOO/253/2/23Totton, Arthur Knyvett: Correspondence, Kemp, Dr S (England)
DF/ZOO/232/6/7/6/4Kemp, S
DF/PH/2/6/2/19Staff Group Photograph: I Gordon, W T Calman and S W Kemp at International Zoological Congress, Lisbon, on board ship
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