# Quentin Bone > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Quentin_Bone > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Quentin_Bone.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Bone > Source revision: 1341966898 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British marine biologist (1931–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Quentin Bone | image = Quentin Bone.gif | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 17 August 1931 | birth_place = [Hampstead](/source/Hampstead), London, England | death_date = 6 July 2021 | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Marine biologist | years_active = | known_for = [Electron microscopy](/source/Electron_microscope) applied to marine life | notable_works = | father = [Stephen Bone](/source/Stephen_Bone) | mother = [Mary Adshead](/source/Mary_Adshead) | spouse = Susan Elizabeth (née Smith) | alma_mater = [St John's College](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Oxford) (1951)
[Magdalen College](/source/Magdalen_College%2C_Oxford) (1958) | awards = Zoological Medal of the Linnean Society of London (1999)
[Frink Medal](/source/Frink_Medal) from the [Zoological Society of London](/source/Zoological_Society_of_London) (2003) | title = [Fellow of the Royal Society](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society) (since 1984) }} '''Quentin Bone''' [FRS](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society){{Cite journal |last=Mackie |first=George |date=2022 |title=Quentin Bone. 17 August 1931—6 July 2021 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=72|pages=55–76 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2021.0042 |s2cid=247191022 |doi-access=free }} (17 August 1931 – 6 July 2021) was a British [marine biologist](/source/marine_biologist). In 1971, he pioneered the application of [electron microscopy](/source/Electron_microscope) to marine life. ==Biography== Quentin Bone was the son of [Stephen Bone](/source/Stephen_Bone), a painter, writer, broadcaster and war artist, and [Mary Adshead](/source/Mary_Adshead), a painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Educated first at [Warwick School](/source/Warwick_School), he received his degree in zoology in 1951 from [St John's College, Oxford](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Oxford). He became a doctor of philosophy in 1958 from [Magdalen College, Oxford](/source/Magdalen_College%2C_Oxford).{{Cite web|last=Packard|first=Andrew|date=27 September 2021|title=Quentin Bone obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/27/quentin-bone-obituary |access-date=27 September 2021|website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|language=en}} In 1984, Quentin Bone became a [fellow of the Royal Society](/source/fellow_of_the_Royal_Society).[https://royalsociety.org/people/quentin-bone-11111/ Quentin Bone], ''Royalsociety.org'' Quentin Bone married Susan Elizabeth Smith (1958). They have 4 sons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-8043|title=Bone, Quentin, (born 17 Aug. 1931), zoologist; Honorary Research Fellow, Marine Biological Association UK|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u8043|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4|access-date=26 April 2020}} ==Research== Quentin Bone worked on the histological studies of the fine structure and physiology of aquatic invertebrates and fish. In 1971, he pioneered the use of [electron microscopy](/source/Electron_microscope) applied to marine life when he took the first electron micrograph at the [Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom](/source/Marine_Biological_Association_of_the_United_Kingdom). He unveiled many histological fundamentals regarding life facilitation in aqueous environments. ==Other roles== *1959-1994: Member of the [Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom](/source/Marine_Biological_Association_of_the_United_Kingdom){{citation needed|date=January 2020}} *Since 1989: Member of the [Institut océanographique](/source/Institut_oc%C3%A9anographique) (comité de perfectionnement){{citation needed|date=January 2020}} *Since 1994: Honorary research fellow of the [Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom](/source/Marine_Biological_Association_of_the_United_Kingdom) ==Publications== *{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSRFxRgMoXQC&q=%22Quentin+Bone%22+biology&pg=PR17| title=Biology of Fishes |author=N B Marshall |author2=J S Blaxter| year= 1994|publisher=Blackie| isbn=978-0-7514-0243-8}}; Taylor & Francis, with R Moore, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-415-37562-7}} *''Biology of Pelagic Tunicates'' Oxford University Press, 1998, {{ISBN|978-0-19-854024-3}} ==Prizes== *1999: [Linnean Medal](/source/Linnean_Medal) *2003: [Frink Medal](/source/Frink_Medal) from the [Zoological Society of London](/source/Zoological_Society_of_London)http://www.debretts.co.uk/people/biographies/browse/b/5041/Quentin+BONE.aspx {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.artnet.com/artists/stephen-bone/quentin-bone-at-a-bonfire-CJm0rey06GNpv5coclIbQ2 ''Quentin Bone at a bonfire''], painting of Quentin Bone by his father Stephen Bone {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bone, Quentin}} Category:1931 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Category:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Category:British marine biologists Category:British fellows of the Royal Society Category:Fellows of St John's College, Oxford Category:People educated at Warwick School Quentin Category:People from Hampstead --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Quentin Bone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Bone) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Bone?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.