Hampton Wildman Parker, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Hampton Wildman Parker

British zoologist and herpetologist (1897–1968)

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1897

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1968

Profession: zoologist, herpetologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hampton Wildman Parker (5 July 1897 – 2 September 1968) was an English zoologist. Parker was Keeper of Zoology at the Natural History Museum from 1947 to 1957.
He is the author of several works on snakes and frogs: Parker discovered a new species of lizard on the Seychelles, which he described and named Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi ) after entomologist Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald.