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Edward Turner Bennett (6 January 1797 – 21 August 1836) was an English zoologist and writer. He was the elder brother of the botanist John Joseph Bennett.[1] Bennett was born at Hackney and practiced as a surgeon, but his chief pursuit was always zoology. In 1822 he attempted to establish an entomological society, which later became a zoological society in connection with the Linnean Society. This in turn became the starting point of the Zoological Society of London, of which Bennett was Secretary from 1831 to 1836.[2] His works included The Tower Menagerie (1829) and The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society (1831). He also wrote, in conjunction with G. T. Lay, the section on Fishes in the Zoology of Beechey's Voyage (1839). In 1835 he described a new species of African crocodile, Mecistops leptorhynchus, the validity of which was confirmed in 2018.

Edward Turner Bennett
Born	(1797-01-06)6 January 1797 Hackney, Middlesex (now London)
Died	21 August 1836(1836-08-21) (aged 39)
Known for	New species of African crocodile, Mecistops leptorhynchus
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine, zoology
Institutions	Zoological Society of London
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Bennett

See also

• Category:Taxa named by Edward Turner Bennett

References

External links

• Works by Edward T. Bennett at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Edward Turner Bennett at Internet Archive
• Bennett, Edward Turner (1830–31) The gardens and menagerie of the Zoological Society..., two volumes

Preceded by Nicholas Aylward Vigors	Secretary of the Zoological Society of London 1833–1836	Succeeded by William Yarrell

На других языках

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- [en] Edward Turner Bennett

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[ru] Беннетт, Эдвард Тернер

Эдвард Тернер Беннетт (англ. Edward Turner Bennett; 1797—1836) — британский врач, зоолог и писатель. Брат ботаника Джона Беннетта (1801—1876).

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