Bennet Birnie Rae

Bennet Birnie Rae FRSE (1906–1998) was a 20th century marine zoologist specialising in the diet of fish.

Early life and career

He was born in Aberdeenshire in 1906 into a family of six children, including William Lorimer Rae (1892–1970) the son of Christian and John Rae.

In 1933, he began working for the Fishery Board for Scotland.^[1]

He rose to be Assistant Director of the Marine Laboratory at Aberdeen.^[2]

Family

He married Sophia Hutchison Kennedy around 1935.

Publications

• Description of a Giant Squid stranded near Aberdeen (1950)
• The Food of the Megrim (1963)
• The Lemon Sole (1965)
• The Food of Cod in Icelandic Waters (1968)
• The Food of Seals in Scottish Waters (1968)
• The Food of Cormorants and Shags (1969)
• The Food of the Witch (1969)
• The Distribution of Flatfishes in Scottish and Adjacent Water (1971)
• The Cod-Worm Problem in the North Sea (1972)