Robert Wynne Owen (1924-1985) and his parasitological collections at Leeds: 2. Parasites of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals with particular reference to Yorkshire

摘要

A biography of Robert Wynne Owen was provided in a previous paper (Baker et al., 2013) which included details of his collection of spirit specimens of fish parasites and his parasitological microscope slides. The present paper deals with the spirit specimens of parasites found in and on amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. This collection is housed in the Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds. The parasite collection now being considered is less well documented than the fish parasite collection (Baker et al., 2013) in terms of host identification and location as well as the taxonomy of the parasites themselves. Wynne Owen was primarily an expert on the parasites of fish so this is to be expected.