George Taylor Porritt
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| Born | 1848 Huddersfield, Yorkshire | ||
| Died | 1927 | ||
| Nationality | English | ||
| Citizenship | England | ||
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George Taylor Porritt (1848-1927) was an English wool merchant, naturalist and lepidoptera from Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He is most well-known his work on the effects of industrial pollution on the changes in frequency of melanism in populations of the peppered moth,[1] which has since become a prominent case study in understanding the effects of pollution on animal populations.[2]
He attended Huddersfield College alongside future prime minister H. H. Asquith. He would go on to become a prominent authority on entomology in Great Britain and was involved in a substantial number of publications and societies. He was the re-founder and co-editor of the The Naturalist, a Fellow of the Linnean Society and President of the [Yorkshire Naturalists' Union] in 1900.[3] His collection of insects currently resides at Tolson Museum.
References
- ↑ Fryer, Geoffrey (2010). "George Taylor Porritt's 19th and early 20th century observations on industrial pollution in moths in South West Yorkshire, and their continued relevance to a long running debate". The Naturalist. 135 (1075).
- ↑ Cook, L M; Saccheri, I J (2013). "The peppered moth and industrial melanism: evolution of a natural selection case study". Hereditary. 110: 207–212.
- ↑ Bayford, E. G. (1927). "In Memoriam: George Taylor Porritt, F. LS., F. E. S". The Naturalist: 83–87.
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