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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001005b.htm person Dendy Arthur FRS AACR2 20 January 1865 24 March 1925 Place of Birth Patrocroft, Lancashire, England Place of Death London, England Zoologist Arthur Dendy was a leading expert on sponges (Porifera), based largely on the research he conducted on Australian species. In his early career he worked at the British Museum (Natural History) and on the monaxonid sponges from the Challenger expedition. He moved to Victoria in 1888 to take up a position as Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer at the University of Melbourne. During the six years he spent in Australia, Dendy identified and described nearly 2,000 species of marine sponges dredged from Port Philip Heads by J. Bracebridge Wilson during the Port Philip Biological Survey started in 1887 by the Royal Society of Victoria. Other research was on Victoria's cryptic invertebrate fauna, particularly flatworms. In 26 major papers he described 166 new species. Dendy was an active member of the Royal Society of Victoria, the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria and the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1893 he moved to Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand, later accepting a position as Professor of Biology at the University of Cape Town. From 1905 to 1925 he was Professor of zoology at King's College, London. During his time in Australia and New Zealand Dendy corresponded regularly with the British Museum (Natural History). The sponge genera Dendya and Arturia, and the flatworm Arthurdendyus, were named in his honour. 1887 1887 Education - Master of Science (MSc), Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1893 Career position - Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer, University of Melbourne 1891 1891 Career position - President, Section D (Biology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1891 1891 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom 1893 1903 Career position - Professor of Biology, Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand 1903 1905 Career position - Professor of Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa 1905 1925 Career position - Professor of Zoology, King's College, London 1908 1925 Award - Fellow, Royal Society, London 1912 1916 Career position - President, Queckett Microscopical Society 1914 1914 Career position - President, Section D (Zoology), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting British Association for the Advancement of Science 84th Meeting (1914)

President, Section D (Zoology) 1914

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Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer 1888 - 1893

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President, Section D (Biology) 1895

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 'Dendy, Arthur', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dendy, Arthur Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Dendy, Arthur (1865-1925), zoologist Smith, Brian J. Dendy, Arthur (1865-1925), zoologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 279-280 Journal Article: On the Victorian land planarians Dendy, A. On the Victorian land planarians 1891 Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 2 1 65-80 Journal Article: Preliminary observations on the minute anatomy of an Australian Planarian Dendy, Arthur Preliminary observations on the minute anatomy of an Australian Planarian Sydney, NSW Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 332 Journal Article: Preliminary notes on the structure and development of a Horny Sponge (Stelospongus flabelliformis). [Topic only] Dendy, Arthur Preliminary notes on the structure and development of a Horny Sponge (<span style="font-style:italic">Stelospongus flabelliformis</span>). [Topic only] Sydney, NSW Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 332 Book: Calcareous sponges Dendy, Arthur Calcareous sponges Sydney Government Printer 1918 Journal Article: Prof. A. Dendy, F.R.S. H., S. J. Prof. A. Dendy, F.R.S. 1925 Nature 115 540-1 Journal Article: Biographical Notes (31): Arthur Dendy, DSc (Manchester); Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst.; FLS; FRS (1865 - 1925) Godley, E. J. Biographical Notes (31): Arthur Dendy, DSc (Manchester); Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst.; FLS; FRS (1865 - 1925) 1998 New Zealand Botanical Society newsletter 53 September 25-7 Journal Article: Presidential address Carter, H. J. Presidential address 1927 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51 i-xxix Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes