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George Stewardson Brady

1832–1921

Zoologist and surgeon. Practised medicine in Sunderland, 1857–1892. Professor of natural history, Durham College of Science (College of Physical Sciences), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1875–1906. One of the secretaries of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, 1863–9; president, 1875, 1892–3, 1906. Honorary curator of botany, museum of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1866–74; vice-president, 1894–1921. Published on marine and freshwater Crustacea. Author of the reports on the Ostracoda and Copepoda of the Challenger expedition. FRS 1882.

Sources

Medical directory 1890–2, Men and women of the time 1899, Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham 6 (1924–6): 1–7, Proceedings of the Royal Society Ser. B., 93 (1922): xx–xxiii, Record of the Royal Society of London

Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1863–4.

Bibliography

Medical directory: The London medical directory … every physician, surgeon, and general practitioner resident in London. London: C. Mitchell. 1845. The London and provincial medical directory. London: John Churchill. 1848–60. The London & provincial medical directory, inclusive of the medical directory for Scotland, and the medical directory for Ireland, and general medical register. London: John Churchill. 1861–9. The medical directory … including the London and provincial medical directory, the medical directory for Scotland, the medical directory for Ireland. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1870–1905.

Men and women of the time: The men of the time in 1852 or sketches of living notables. 2d edition, 1853. 3d edition, 1856. 4th edition, 1857. New edition, 1865. 7th edition, 1868. 8th edition, 1872. 9th edition, 1875. 10th edition, 1879. 11th edition, 1884. 12th edition, 1887. 13th edition, 1891. 14th edition, 1895. Men and women of the time: a dictionary. 15th edition. By Victor G. Plarr. 1899. London: David Bogue [and others]. 1852–99.

Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.

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