STEPHENSON, John. Padiham, Lancashire 6.2.1871 — London 2.2.1933. British Physician and Zoologist in India. Also a scholar of Urdu, Arabic and Persian, later also of Pashtu and Pañjabi. Educated at Burnley Grammar School, studies of medicine and zoology at Owen’s College, Manchester (B.Sc. 1890, B.Chir. 1893). Worked as physician in Manchester and London, joined Indian Medical Service in 1895. Served in the Punjab, from 1906 Professor of Biology and 1912 of Zoology at Lahore Government College, also its Principal 1912-19. In WW I served in Egypt. Retired as lieutenant-colonel in 1921. In 1921-29 Lecturer in Zoology at Edinburgh, then worked in Natural History Museum in London. C.I.E. 1919. Hon. dr.sc. 1909 London. Fellow of Royal Societies of Edinburgh 1912, of London 1930. Married 1895 Gertrude Bayne, no children.
Publications: Biological publications, edited and translated Arabic and Persian texts, reviews.
Sources: G.M.C. Smith, JRAS 1933, 495-497; Wikipedia with photo and further references.
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