Sydney J. Hickson

Sydney John Hickson FRS
Born	(1859-06-25)25 June 1859 Highgate, London
Died	6 February 1940(1940-02-06) (aged 80) Cambridge
Nationality	British
Occupation	Zoologist

Sydney John Hickson FRS (25 June 1859 – 6 February 1940), was a British zoologist known for his groundbreaking research in evolution, embryology, genetics, and systematics.^[1]

Hickson travelled in the Malay archipelago in 1885–1886.^[2] He was appointed Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester in 1894 and was elected FRS in 1895. The Manchester Museum has many specimens of coral that came from Sydney Hickson, a specialist on corals. These include a number of type specimens of names published by Hickson and others, including Stanley Gardiner. Hickson's papers are held at the University of Manchester Library.^[3] Hickson was President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society from 1915 to 1917.

He collected plants in Indonesia, Mexico, and Arizona. His botanical specimens are stored at Kew Gardens.^[4]

Hickson's daughter Sylvia Kema Hickson (married name Guthrie) became a paediatrician in Manchester.^[5]

Selected works

• A naturalist in north Celebes. 1889.^[6]
• The fauna of the deep sea. 1894.^[7]
• The story of life in the seas. 1901.^[8]

References

Citations

1. Gardiner 1941, p. 383.
2. "Hickson, Sydney John". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. pp. 837–838.
3. "ELGAR: Electronic Gateway to Archives at Rylands :: Display in Full". archives.li.man.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
4. Desmond, Ray, ed. (25 February 1994). "Hickson, Sydney John". Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 340. ISBN 9780850668438.
5. Lejeune, C. A. (1964) Thank You for Having Me. London: Hutchinson; p. 23
6. Guillemard, F. H. H. (20 March 1890). "Review: A Naturalist in North Celebes". Nature. 41 (1064): 457–458. doi:10.1038/041457a0. S2CID 4039192.
7. "Review: The Fauna of the Deep Sea by Sydney J. Hickson". Book News. Vol. 12. 1894. p. 296.
8. "Review: Story of Life in the Seas. The by Sydney J. Hickson". The Book News Monthly. Vol. 21. 1903. p. 822.

References

• Gardiner, J. Stanley (January 1941), "Sydney John Hickson, 1859-1940", Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, 3 (9): 383–394, doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0009, S2CID 178671072, retrieved 17 November 2012

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Francis Nicholson	President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1915–17	Succeeded by William Thomson