Harry Wallis Kew

Harry Wallis Kew
Harry Wallis Kew
	Kew in c.1930
Born	1868; Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Died	1948
Known for	Work on pseudoscorpions and molluscs
	Scientific career
Fields	Zoology

Harry Wallis Kew FZS (1868–1948) was an amateur English zoologist.

Wallis Kew worked as a bank clerk in Kent and devoted his free time to the study of pseudoscorpions and molluscs.^[1] He is best remembered for his book entitled The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc, which included a preface by Alfred Russel Wallace. In this work, Wallis Kew was tracking the phenomena that is now referred to as invasive species in relation to molluscs,^[2] and in particular the zebra mussel.^[3]

Wallis Kew was the grandson of woodcarver, Thomas Wilkinson Wallis, and in 1884 founded the Louth Naturalists’, Antiquarian and Literary Society.^[4] He was a member of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union from 1910 and served as its president in 1927.^[5]

The gastropod Ameranella kewi (Dickerson, 1915) was named in his honour.

Works

1893 The dispersal of shells; an inquiry into the means of dispersal possessed by fresh-water and land Mollusc
1901 Lincolnshire Pseudoscorpions: With an Account of the Associations of Such Animals with Other Arthropods
1911 A Synopsis of the False-scorpions of Britain and Ireland
1912 On the Pairing of Pseudoscorpiones
1914 On the Nests of Pseudoscorpiones: With Historical Notes on the Spinning Organs and Observations on the Building and Spinning of the Nests
1932 Thomas Johnson, Botanist and Royalist, Etc.

References

^ Conchology, Inc. "Kew, Harry Wallis". Conchology, Inc. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ Simberloff, Daniel (Dr); Rejmanek, Marcel (Dr) (2010). Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions. California: University of California Press. p. 372. ISBN 9780520948433.
^ Egan, Dan. "How invasive species changed the Great Lakes forever". Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ Louth Museum. "Thomas Wilkinson Wallis - 1821 to 1903". Louth Museum. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ "Report of the Honorary Secretary". Transactions of the Lincolnshire Naturalists Union. 12 (2): 99. 1949.