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Dr. Carpenter was educated at [[University College School]], then at [[University College London|University College]], and afterwards became a Scholar of [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]], [[Cambridge]], where he graduated in 1874.<ref>''Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record'', loc. cit.</ref> |
Dr. Carpenter was educated at [[University College School]], then at [[University College London|University College]], and afterwards became a Scholar of [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]], [[Cambridge]], where he graduated in 1874.<ref>''Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record'', loc. cit.</ref> |
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Dr. Carpenter was a member of the scientific staff of the deep-sea exploring expeditions of H.M.S. ''Lightning'' (1868) and ''Porcupine'' (1869–1870) |
Dr. Carpenter was a member of the scientific staff of the deep-sea exploring expeditions of H.M.S. ''Lightning'' (1868) and ''Porcupine'' (1869–1870). In 1875 he was appointed assistant [[naturalist]] to H.M.S. ''Valorous'' accompanying Admiral Sir [[George Strong Nares]]'s Arctic expedition to [[Disco Island]], and spent the summer sounding and dredging in [[Davis Strait]] and the [[North Atlantic]]. |
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After the 1872-1876 [[HMS Challenger (1858)|HMS Challenger]] expedition had returned, he was asked in |
After the 1872-1876 [[HMS Challenger (1858)|HMS Challenger]] expedition had returned, he was asked in |
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Philip Herbert Carpenter (6 February 1852 London - 21 October 1891 Eton College), [1] M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., British naturalist and crinoid authority, was the fourth son of Dr. William Benjamin Carpenter. [2] He took his own life, by self-administration of chloroform during a bout of temporary insanity caused by chronic insomnia.[3]
Dr. Carpenter was educated at University College School, then at University College, and afterwards became a Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1874.[4]
Dr. Carpenter was a member of the scientific staff of the deep-sea exploring expeditions of H.M.S. Lightning (1868) and Porcupine (1869–1870). In 1875 he was appointed assistant naturalist to H.M.S. Valorous accompanying Admiral Sir George Strong Nares's Arctic expedition to Disco Island, and spent the summer sounding and dredging in Davis Strait and the North Atlantic.
After the 1872-1876 HMS Challenger expedition had returned, he was asked in January 1878 by Sir Wyville Thomson to describe the free-swimming Crinoids that had been collected.
Dr. Carpenter was an expert on the morphology of the echinoderms, especially the crinoids, both contemporary and fossil. In 1883 he was awarded the Lyell Fund[5] by the Geological Society of London in recognition of the scientific value of his work, and in 1885 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[6]
References
This article incorporates text from Men and Women of the Time, by G. Washington Moon, a publication from 1891, now in the public domain in the United States.
- ^ Obituary
- ^ The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature, Issue No. 1321, Oct. 24, 1891, p. 487.
- ^ "Sleeplessness and Suicide," Grey River Argus (New Zealand), Volume XXXII, Issue 7315, 9 March 1892, p. 4.
- ^ Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record, loc. cit.
- ^ Award Winners Since 1831, Lyell Fund, http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/society/history/page5539.html, accessed 31 Oct 2010.
- ^ Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Issue of October 29, 1891, pp. 628-629.
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