Key facts
- Born
- ( 1797-01-06 ) 6 January 1797, Hackney , Middlesex (now London)
- Died
- 21 August 1836 (1836-08-21) (aged 39)
- Known for
- New species of African crocodile, Mecistops leptorhynchus
- Fields
- Medicine, zoology
- Institutions
- Zoological Society of London
- Author abbrev zoology
- Bennett
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edvard
- Family name
- Bennett
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Sibling
- John Joseph Bennett
- Occupation
- physician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- zoology
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- date of birth
- 1797-01-06
- date of death
- 1836-08-21
- Commons category
- Edward Turner Bennett
- author citation (zoology)
- Bennett
- name in native language
- Edward Turner Bennett
- P12749
- 2631 Zhejiang
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Turner Bennett (6 January 1797 – 21 August 1836) was an English zoologist and writer. He was the elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett. Bennett was born at Hackney and practiced as a surgeon, but his chief pursuit was always zoology. In 1822, he attempted to establish an entomological society, which later became a zoological society in connection with the Linnean Society. This in turn became the starting point of the Zoological Society of London, of which Bennett was Secretary from 1831 to 1836. His works included The Tower Menagerie (1829) and The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society (1831). He also wrote, in conjunction with George Tradescant Lay, the section on Fishes in the Zoology of Beechey's Voyage (1839). In 1835, he described a new species of African crocodile, Mecistops leptorhynchus, the validity of which was confirmed in 2018.
Taxon described by him
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edward Turner Bennett” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.