author
Cecil Warburton
1854–1958
A pioneering British zoologist, he spent decades studying spiders and especially ticks, helping build knowledge that mattered in both medicine and agriculture. His work brought careful natural history observation into some very practical problems.
2 Audiobooks
The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 04 (of 10)
by Geoffrey Smith, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Cecil Warburton, Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, Henry Woods
Spiders
by Cecil Warburton
About the author
Born in Salford on February 6, 1854, Cecil Warburton became a British zoologist known for work in arachnology and acarology—the study of spiders, mites, and ticks. He was educated in Manchester and later built a long scientific career around the close observation of small but important animals.
Warburton worked as zoologist to the Royal Agricultural Society and became especially associated with research on ticks of medical and veterinary importance. His publications and collaborations helped make him a respected specialist in a field that connected natural history with everyday concerns like animal health and disease.
He lived an exceptionally long life, dying on October 7, 1958, at the age of 104. Remembered today for his patient, exacting scientific work, he stands out as one of those early researchers whose studies of overlooked creatures had lasting value.