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William John Dakin (23 April 1883 – 2 April 1950) was a zoologist who is remembered for the large number of his students who achieved prominence in the area of zoology and for the number of books and papers he wrote on many scientific fields. Dakin was born in Toxteth, a suburb of Liverpool, England in 1883〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bright Sparcs - Biographical entry )〕 the son William and Elizabeth Dakin. His father was a coal merchant. Studying at the University of Liverpool he attained his BSc with first class honours in Zoology in 1905, his MSc in 1907 and his DSc in 1911 on osmotic pressure and the blood of fishes. In 1912 Dakin applied and was appointed as the chair of Biology at the recently established University of Western Australia. Before arriving to take his post Dakin married Catherine Lewis in 1913. While at UWA Dakin published ''The Elements of Animal Biology'' in 1918,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Library of Australia Catalogue )〕 chaired the extension committee, twice visited the Houtman Abrolhos and was the president of the Royal Society of Western Australia. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William John Dakin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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