What is John Roxborough Norman?
'''John Roxborough Norman''' was a British [[ichthyologist]]. He was born in 1898 and died on 26 May 1944 in [[London]]. He started as a clerk in a bank. He was in the military during the [[First World War]]. He got [[rheumatic fever]] during this time, and had it his whole life. He entered the [[British Museum]] in 1921 where he worked for [[Charles Tate Regan]] (1878-1943). From 1939 to 1944, he was in charge of the [[Natural History Museum at Tring]]. Norman wrote ''A History of Fishes'' (1931) and ''A Draft Synopsis of the Orders, Families and Genera of Recent Fishes'' (1957). == References == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060914230627/http://www.clt.astate.edu/aromero/new_page_61.htm Aldemaro Romero Home Page (Archived on 14 September 2006)] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Norman, John Roxborough}} [[Category:British zoologists]] [[Category:1898 births]] [[Category:1944 deaths]] [[Category:Ichthyologists]]