Joseph Jackson Lister
Deceased Person
1857 – 1927
Who was Joseph Jackson Lister?
Joseph Jackson Lister FRS was a British zoologist and plant collector from Leytonstone who collected biological specimens during travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific region.
Lister attended St John's College, Cambridge where he was appointed Demonstrator in Animal Morphology in 1881, and Senior Lecturer in Animal Morphology in 1892. During 1887-1888 he also served as volunteer naturalist on the surveying voyage of HMS Egeria to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, where he made valuable collections. He is commemorated in the specific epithet of an orchid, Lister's Palm, the Christmas Island Lantern Flower, and Lister's Gecko.
He is also featured on a 1978 postage stamp of Christmas Island together with Lister's Palm.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1900. His application stated:
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- Born
- 1857
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- St John's College, Cambridge
- Died
- 1927
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on July 23, 2013
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