Alister Hardy
English marine biologist (1896–1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Alister Clavering Hardy FRS FRSE FLS[1] (10 February 1896 – 22 May 1985) was an English marine biologist, an expert on marine ecosystems spanning organisms from zooplankton to whales. He had the artistic skill to illustrate his books with his own drawings, maps, diagrams, and paintings.
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Born | Alister Clavering Hardy (1896-02-10)10 February 1896 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
Died | 22 May 1985(1985-05-22) (aged 89) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
Known for | RRS Discovery work Continuous Plankton Recorder Aquatic ape hypothesis |
Spouse | Sylvia Garstang |
Parent(s) | Richard Hardy and Elizabeth Hannah Clavering |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society, Templeton Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Marine zoology |
Institutions | University of Hull, University of Aberdeen, University of Oxford |
Hardy served as zoologist on the RRS Discovery's voyage to explore the Antarctic between 1925 and 1927. On the voyage he invented the Continuous Plankton Recorder; it enabled any ship to collect plankton samples during an ordinary voyage.
After retiring from his academic work, Hardy founded the Religious Experience Research Centre in 1969; he won the Templeton Prize for this in 1985.