Quentin Bone
{{Short description|British marine biologist (1931–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Quentin Bone
| image = Quentin Bone.gif
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = 17 August 1931
| birth_place = Hampstead, London, England
| death_date = 6 July 2021
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| nationality = British
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| occupation = Marine biologist
| years_active =
| known_for = Electron microscopy applied to marine life
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| father = Stephen Bone
| mother = Mary Adshead
| spouse = Susan Elizabeth (née Smith)
| alma_mater = St John's College (1951)
Magdalen College (1958)
| awards = Zoological Medal of the Linnean Society of London (1999)
Frink Medal from the Zoological Society of London (2003)
| title = Fellow of the Royal Society (since 1984)
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Quentin Bone FRS{{Cite journal |last=Mackie |first=George |date=2022 |title=Quentin Bone. 17 August 1931—6 July 2021 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=72|pages=55–76 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2021.0042 |s2cid=247191022 |doi-access=free }} (17 August 1931 – 6 July 2021) was a British marine biologist. In 1971, he pioneered the application of electron microscopy to marine life.
Biography
Quentin Bone was the son of Stephen Bone, a painter, writer, broadcaster and war artist, and Mary Adshead, a painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Educated first at Warwick School, he received his degree in zoology in 1951 from St John's College, Oxford. He became a doctor of philosophy in 1958 from Magdalen College, Oxford.{{Cite web|last=Packard|first=Andrew|date=27 September 2021|title=Quentin Bone obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/27/quentin-bone-obituary |access-date=27 September 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}
In 1984, Quentin Bone became a fellow of the Royal Society.[https://royalsociety.org/people/quentin-bone-11111/ Quentin Bone], Royalsociety.org
Quentin Bone married Susan Elizabeth Smith (1958). They have 4 sons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-8043|title=Bone, Quentin, (born 17 Aug. 1931), zoologist; Honorary Research Fellow, Marine Biological Association UK|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u8043|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4|access-date=26 April 2020}}
Research
Quentin Bone worked on the histological studies of the fine structure and physiology of aquatic invertebrates and fish. In 1971, he pioneered the use of electron microscopy applied to marine life when he took the first electron micrograph at the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. He unveiled many histological fundamentals regarding life facilitation in aqueous environments.
Other roles
- 1959-1994: Member of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
- Since 1989: Member of the Institut océanographique (comité de perfectionnement){{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
- Since 1994: Honorary research fellow of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Publications
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSRFxRgMoXQC&q=%22Quentin+Bone%22+biology&pg=PR17| title=Biology of Fishes |author=N B Marshall |author2=J S Blaxter| year= 1994|publisher=Blackie| isbn=978-0-7514-0243-8}}; Taylor & Francis, with R Moore, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-415-37562-7}}
- Biology of Pelagic Tunicates Oxford University Press, 1998, {{ISBN|978-0-19-854024-3}}
Prizes
References
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External links
- [http://www.artnet.com/artists/stephen-bone/quentin-bone-at-a-bonfire-CJm0rey06GNpv5coclIbQ2 Quentin Bone at a bonfire], painting of Quentin Bone by his father Stephen Bone
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Category:Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
Category:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Category:British marine biologists
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society
Category:Fellows of St John's College, Oxford