| LC control no. | no2016128772 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dymond, J. R. (John Richardson), 1887-1965 |
| Variant(s) | Dymond, John R. (John Richardson), 1887-1965 |
| Located | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Birth date | 1887-10-04 |
| Death date | 1965-01-31 |
| Place of birth | Middlesex (Ont.) |
| Place of death | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Field of activity | Ichthyology Zoology College teaching |
| Affiliation | Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.) University of Toronto Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology University of Toronto Royal Society of Canada Order of the British Empire |
| Profession or occupation | Ichthyologists Zoologists College teachers |
| Found in | Grain screenings, 1915: title page (by John R. Dymond, seed analyst, Seed Branch) A provisional list of the fishes of Lake Erie, 1922: title page (by John R. Dymond of the Department of Biology, University of Toronto) A provisional list of the fishes of Lake Nipigon, 1923: title page (by John R. Dymond of the Department of Biology, University of Toronto) The trout and other game fishes of British Columbia, 1932: title page (by J.R. Dymond, Department of Biology, University of Toronto) The fishes of the Ottawa region, 1939: title page (by J.R. Dymond) Fish and wildlife, ©1964: title page (edited by J.R. Dymond) Globe and mail, 2 February 1965 (John Richardson Dymond, 77, died Sunday [31 January] in Toronto General Hospital; Mr. Dymond; emertius professor of zoology at the University of Toronto; professor of systematic zoology and head of the department from 1946 to 1956; made an officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service as vice-chairman of the Fisheries Review Board of Canada from 1947 to 1953; from 1934 to 1949, director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; president of the Toronto Field Naturalists Club from 1929-1931, president of the Royal Canadian Institute from 1939 to 1940 and from 1956 to 1957, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada) The Canadian field-naturalist, Oct.-Dec. 1965: pages 219-224 (John Richardson Dymond, October 4, 1887-January 31, 1965; one of Canada's best known zoologists; born and raised on a farm in Metcalfe Township, Middlesex County, Ontario; graduated from Strathroy Collegiate in 1906; attended Model School in Strathroy in 1906 and taught public school in 1907-1908; entered Victoria College, University of Toronto, in 1908, graduating with a B.A. in 1912; worked as a seed analyst with the Department of Agriculture; in 1920, returned to U. of T., earning an M.A. the same year and becoming a lecturer in systematic zoology at the Department of Biology; joined the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology as secretary in 1922, becoming assistant director in 1931 and director in 1934, retiring in 1949; retired from U. of T. in 1956; in 1938, made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 1946, received an O.B.E.; died suddenly in Toronto) Amicus database, 20 September 2016 (access points: Dymond, J. R. (John Richardson), 1887- , Dymond, J. R. (John Richardson), 1887-1965, Dymond, John Richardson, Dymond, John Richardson, 1887- , Dymond, John Richardson, 1887-1965) |
| Not found in | Canadian encyclopedia online, viewed 20 September 2016 |
| National bib agency no. | 1030C9168E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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