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F. J. (Francis Jeffrey) Bell
1855–1924
Best known as an English zoologist and museum scholar, he spent much of his career studying echinoderms such as starfish and sea urchins. His writing brings together careful science, museum work, and the lively curiosity of Victorian natural history.
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A guide to the shell and starfish galleries : (Mollusca, Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms)
by British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, F. J. (Francis Jeffrey) Bell, R. (Randolph) Kirkpatrick, E. A. (Edgar Albert) Smith
About the author
Born in Calcutta on January 26, 1855, and later active in London, Francis Jeffrey Bell was an English zoologist who specialized in echinoderms. He spent most of his working life at the British Museum (Natural History) and also served as professor of comparative anatomy at King's College.
Bell wrote and edited scientific works on natural history and comparative anatomy, and his name appears on a long list of zoological publications. Sources on his career consistently describe him as a respected museum scientist whose expertise centered on marine invertebrates, especially starfish, sea urchins, and their relatives.
He died in London on April 1, 1924. For readers coming to his books today, he offers a window into a period when close observation, classification, and museum research were at the heart of how people explored the natural world.