Arthur Erskine Ellis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Erskine Ellis

British scientist, biologist and naturalist

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1902

Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1983

Profession: zoologist, malacologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Arthur Erskine Ellis (1 October 1902 – 28 February 1983), often known as A.E.
Ellis, was a British scientist, biologist and naturalist.
Ellis is best known for his large number of malacological publications, including some which became essential texts on the subject of British non-marine malacology.
To a lesser extent, Ellis published papers about other land invertebrates and various aspects of the fauna and flora of Britain.
In addition Ellis had five ghost stories published.Ellis was also a plant collector.
From 1919-1961 he contributed specimens of spermatophytes to a number of different herbariums in Britain.Stella Turk, the British naturalist said about Ellis, "It is difficult to categorise people.
Should one even try? We are all multiple in a singular way!"; she also commented, "As might have been expected, he wrote his own obituary in which he gives a broad outline of his life and very lengthy bibliography", (J.
Conch.
31 1983).