Abstract
Dennis Crisp was a zoologist with predilection for physics and chemistry, which disciplines he brought to bear on the physiology and ecology of marine invertebrates. He became one of Britain’s best-known marine biologists and developed a school that has had a worldwide influence. In the pursuit of excellence in science as well as in facing serious illness in later years he showed single-minded determination. He was constantly at odds with bureaucracy and prided himself on being a scourge to narrow-minded administrators. A wide circle of students and colleagues regarded him with great affection that was often tinged with exasperation.
Highlights
DENNIS CRISP was a zoologist with predilection for physics and chemistry, which disciplines he brought to bear on the physiology and ecology of marine invertebrates
Dennis John Crisp was bom in London on 29 April 1916, the only child o f John and Emily neeDennis) Crisp
In 1920 Dennis went to Plum Lane Elementary School, London S.E.18, from there winning a scholarship and being admitted to Eltham College, Mottingham, in September
Summary
Dennis John Crisp was bom in London on 29 April 1916, the only child o f John and Emily. He was brought up in the househol of his maternal grandparents in Vernham Road, Plumstead. John Crisp was a builder and plumber by trade but had been badly shell-shocked in the War and was in a hospital near Bexley when Dennis met him. Dennis and his father got on well and played chess together. In the sixth form he had taken mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology, achieving good standards in all, but a leaning towards biology had already established itself He had been interested in animals when a young boy and spending holidays with an uncle and aunt in the country in Essex. After discovering him by a pond examining its life with a hand lens, encouraged him with the gift of a microscope
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