Lankester had long lobbied for a permanent Chair of Protozoology at the University of London and in 1906 the position was finally created, associated with the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.[7] Minchin was appointed to the job which he continued to hold until his death in 1915.[2] He was succeeded as the Jodrell Chair of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy by James Peter Hill. While working at the Lister Institute Minchin's research focus moved to parasitic protozoa, especially trypanosomes.[4] In 1905 he visited Uganda to study sleeping sickness,[3] and went on to study trypanosomes in humans and other animals including rats and birds.[8][9]
During his career he published around 40 papers,[2] his first was on the stink glands of cockroaches, and was published in 1888 while he was still an undergraduate.[10][4] fMinchin wrote seven articles for the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica[11] including the entry for Protozoa. In 1912 he published a general textbook entitled An Introduction to the Study of Protozoa.[12] Minchin also contributed chapters to Lankester's Treatise on Zoology, for Volume I Introduction and Protozoa, and Volume II Porifera and Coelenterata published between 1900 and 1909.[13]
Minchin was encouraged to stand for election to the Royal Society by E Ray Lankester, who championed his work on tsetse flies to support the application.[7] As well as becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society, Minchin was involved with several other learned societies, he was President of the Quekett Microscopical Club from 1908 to 1912,[14] Vice-President of the Zoological Society of London and Zoological Secretary of the Linnean Society.[3] He won the Linnean Society's Trail Award in 1910.[1]
Death and legacyedit
Minchin had always suffered from ill health.[4] He died from tubercular pleurisy on 30 September 1915, aged 49.[3] In his obituaries Minchin was praised for the quality of his work, the depth of his knowledge, and was described as the first great British protozoologist.[3][2][1][4]
Published worksedit
Note on a New Organ, and on the Structure of the Hypodermis, in Periplaneta orientalis Journal of Cell Science 1888 s2-29: 229-234; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-29/115/229
Note on a Sieve-like Membrane across the Oscula of a Species of Leucosolenia, with some Observations on the Histology of the Sponge Journal of Cell Science 1892 s2-33: 251-272; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-33/130/251
The Oscula and Anatomy of Leucosolenia clathrus, O. S Journal of Cell Science 1892 s2-33: 477-495; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-33/132/477
Observations on the Gregarines of Holothurians Journal of Cell Science 1893 s2-34: 279-310; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-34/135/279
On the origin of the triradiate spicules of Leucosolenia, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 1895 Vol. 58 204-205
Note on the larva and the postlarval development of Leucosolenia variabilis, H. sp., with remarks on the development of other asconidæ, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 1897, Vol. 60, 45-52
Materials for a Monograph of the Ascons.--I. On the Origin and Growth of the Triradiate and Quadriradiate Spicules in the Family Clathrinidæ Journal of Cell Science 1898 s2-40: 469-587; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-40/160/469
Volume I Introduction and Protozoa and Volume II Porifera and Coelenterata in A Treatise on Zoology, 1900-1909, E Ray Lankester
Rhinosporidium kinealyi, n.g., n.sp., a new Sporozoön from the Mucous Membrane of the Septum Nasi of Man Journal of Cell Science 1905 s2-49: 521-532; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-49/195/521
Report on the anatomy of the tsetse-fly (Glossina palpalis), Proceedings of the Royal Society B 1905 Vol 76, issue 512
Glossina palpalis in its relation to Trypanosoma gambiense and other trypanosomes (preliminary report), Proceedings of the Royal Society B 1906 Vol 78
Investigations on the Development of Trypanosomes in Tsetse-Flies and other Diptera Journal of Cell Science 1908 s2-52: 159-260; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-52/206/159
Materials for a Monograph of the Ascons Journal of Cell Science 1908 s2-52: 301-355; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-52/207/301
The Structure of Trypanosoma lewisi in Relation to Microscopical Technique Journal of Cell Science 1909 s2-53: 755-808; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-53/212/755
Observations on certain Blood-parasities of Fishes occurring at Rovigno Journal of Cell Science 1910 s2-55: 113-154; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-55/217/113
The Division of the Collar-cell of Clathrine Coriacea (Montagu): A Contribution to the Theory of the Centrosome and Blepharoplast Journal of Cell Science 1910 s2-55: 611-640; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-55/220/611
Observations on the Trypanosome of the Little Owl (Athene Noctua), with Remark on the other Protozoan Blood-Parasites Occurring in this Bird Journal of Cell Science 1911 s2-57: 141-185; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-57/226/141
An introduction to the study of the Protozoa, with special reference to the parasitic forms 1912
The Rat-Trypanosome, Trypanosoma Lewisi, in its Relation to the Rat-Flea, Ceratophyllus Fasciatus Journal of Cell Science 1915 s2-60: 463-681; http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-60/240/463
Referencesedit
^ abcde"Prof. E. A. Minchin F.R.S." Nature. 96 (2397): 148–150. 7 October 1915. Bibcode:1915Natur..96..148.. doi:10.1038/096148a0.
^ abcdefAshworth, J H. "Edward Alfred Minchin, M.A., F.R.S.". Journal of Pathology. XX: 360–365.
^ abcdef"Edward Alfred Minchin M.A., F.R.S.". Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club. XII: 669–671. 1913–1915.
^ abcdefgWoodcock, H. M. (1925). "Edward Alfred Minchin 1866–1915". Parasitology. 17 (2): 157–162. doi:10.1017/S0031182000004480. ISSN 1469-8161. S2CID 86433625.
^Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 2.
^MINCHIN, E. A. (1898-01-01). "Memoirs: Materials for a Monograph of the Ascons.--I. On the Origin and Growth of the Triradiate and Quadriradiate Spicules in the Family Clathrinidæ". Journal of Cell Science. s2-40 (160). ISSN 0021-9533.
^ abJoseph, Lester (1995). E. Ray Lankester and the making of modern British biology. Bowler, Peter J., British Society for the History of Science. [Great Britain]: British Society for the History of Science. ISBN 0906450-11-X. OCLC 33043147.
^MINCHIN, E. A.; THOMSON, J. D. (1915-01-01). "Memoirs: The Rat-Trypanosome, Trypanosoma Lewisi, in its Relation to the Rat-Flea, Ceratophyllus Fasciatus". Journal of Cell Science. s2-60 (240): 463–681. doi:10.1242/jcs.s2-60.240.463. ISSN 0021-9533.
^MINCHIN, E. A.; WOODCOCK, H. M. (1911-11-01). "Memoirs: Observations on the Trypanosome of the Little Owl (Athene Noctua), with Remark on the other Protozoan Blood-Parasites Occurring in this Bird". Journal of Cell Science. s2-57 (226): 141–185. doi:10.1242/jcs.s2-57.226.141. ISSN 0021-9533.
^MINCHIN, EDWARD A. (1888-12-01). "Memoirs: Note on a New Organ, and on the Structure of the Hypodermis, in Periplaneta orientalis". Journal of Cell Science. s2-29 (115). ISSN 0021-9533.
^Minchin, Edward Alfred (1912). An introduction to the study of the Protozoa, with special reference to the parasitic forms. MBLWHOI Library. London, E. Arnold.
^Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray) (1900–1909). A treatise on zoology. University of California Libraries. London, A. and C. Black.
^Bracegirdle, Brian (2016). The Quekett Microscopical Club 1865-2015. Quekett Microscopical Club. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-9564591-2-1.
External linksedit
"On the Origin of Our Specimens: The Minchin Years", about Minchin's work at University College London