William Aitcheson Haswell
1854–1925
Scottish marine zoologist. Studied science at the University of Leipzig for some months in 1877; B.Sc., Edinburgh, 1878. In 1878, travelled for health reasons to Australia, where he worked in a marine zoological laboratory in Watson’s Bay, New South Wales. Curator of the Queensland Museum, 1880. Joined HMS Alert on a surveying cruise of the Great Barrier Reef in 1881. Demonstrator in comparative anatomy and physiology and histology, University of Sydney, 1882; lecturer in zoology and comparative anatomy, 1884; Challis Professor of biology, 1890. FRS 1897.
Source
Aust. dict. biog.
Bibliography
Aust. dict. biog.: Australian dictionary of biography. Edited by Douglas Pike et al. 14 vols. [Melbourne]: Melbourne University Press. London and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1966–96.
