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Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy

Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy rather than just read about it. In short: The Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy is a chair at University College London, endowed (shortly after the Jodrell Chair of Physiology) by TJ Phillips Jodrell in 1874. UCL was the first university in England to have a Chair of Zoology, and the first holder was Robert Edmond Grant after which the post received the Jodrell endowment.

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Reference excerpt

The Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy is a chair at University College London, endowed (shortly after the Jodrell Chair of Physiology) by TJ Phillips Jodrell in 1874. UCL was the first university in England to have a Chair of Zoology, and the first holder was Robert Edmond Grant after which the post received the Jodrell endowment. Until 1948, the professor of Zoology was also Curator of the Grant Museum of Zoology, after this point the two roles were separated.

Jodrell was a 'wealthy eccentric' who went insane before his gift could be completed, requiring the 'Masters in Lunacy' to confirm the donation.

Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy 1827-1874 Robert Edmond Grant

Jodrell Professors of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy 1874-1889 Sir Ray Lankester 1889-1899 Raphael Weldon 1899-1906 Edward Alfred Minchin 1906-21 James Peter Hill 1921-51 D. M. S. Watson 1951-62 Sir Peter Medawar 1962-70 Michael Abercrombie 1970-91 Avrion Mitchison 1994-98 Jeff Williams 2019-present Max J Telford

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy

In research: Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Biologists of University College London, Professorships at University College London, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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