Errol White

Errol Ivor White CBE FRS^[1] FLS FGS (30 June 1901 – 11 January 1985) was a British geologist who was president of the Ray Society from 1956 to 1959 and president of the Linnean Society of London from 1964 to 1967.

Errol Ivor White
Born	(1901-06-30)30 June 1901 London
Died	11 January 1985(1985-01-11) (aged 83) London
Occupation	Palaeontologist
Awards	Murchison Medal Linnean Gold Medal

White was educated at Highgate School and King's College London (Tennant Prizeman).^[2]

White was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.^[1] He was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1962 and the Linnean Gold Medal in 1970.

Legacy

A genus of Devonian arthrodire placoderm fish, Errolosteus, a genus of Carboniferous actinopterygian fish, Whiteichthys, a genus of Triassic ray-finned fish, Errolichthys, a genus of Triassic actinistian fish, Whiteia, and two Eocene genera of teleost fish, Whitapodus and Whitephippus, are named in his honour.^[1]