The man, the place and the species: Reflections on George Hodge (1833-1871) of Seaham Harbour and his pioneering work on marine mites and other marine invertebrates*

摘要

"The study of the Acari or Mites may be commended to any one fairly familiar with the microscope and anxious to get off the beaten track. Whoever ventures upon the enterprise will soon find himself leaving familiar land-marks far behind, and compelled like every pioneer to trust largely to his own resources'" (Hull, 1915).