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Harold Benjamin Fantham
1876–1937
Best known as a pioneering zoologist and parasitologist, he also wrote clear, accessible books that opened up the hidden world of parasites for general readers. His work brought together research, teaching, and popular science in a way that still feels lively today.
1 Audiobook
The Animal Parasites of Man
by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Max Braun, J. W. W. (John William Watson) Stephens, Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald
About the author
Born in Birmingham on November 5, 1876, Harold Benjamin Fantham studied at University College London, the Royal College of Science, and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was a research fellow and won the Darwin Research Prize. He built an international career in zoology and parasitology, and later became Strathcona Professor of Zoology and head of zoology at McGill University in Montreal.
Fantham is remembered in science for his research on protozoology and parasitology, but he also wrote for wider audiences. Among the books associated with him are The Animal Parasites of Man and Some Minute Animal Parasites: Or, Unseen Foes in the Animal World, works that helped explain an often unseen subject in vivid, understandable terms.
He died in Montreal on October 26, 1937, at age 60. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the page images I checked, so no profile photo is included here.