Frank Turk (biologist)

Not to be confused with Frank Turk.

Frank Archibald Sinclair Turk (15 January 1911 – 14 February 1996) was a noted entomologist and adult educationalist.^[1]

Frank Archibald Sinclair Turk
Born	15 January 1911 (1911-01-15) Wimbledon, London, England
Died	14 February 1996 (1996-02-15) (aged 85) Cornwall, England
Alma mater	London University
Spouse	Stella Turk
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	University of Exeter

In addition to his published work on insects, Frank worked as an adult educationalist and ran a programme through the University of Exeter's Department of Extra-Mural Studies. He had a close relationship with several artists including, the artist Peter Lanyon's son Andrew Lanyon, Peter Liddle and Sven Berlin.^[2]

Frank's wife Stella Turk, MBE, was also a published zoologist and worked with Frank in the field of adult education. Together they were instrumental in founding the Cornish Biological Record Unit at the University of Exeter's Institute of Cornish Studies which was later incorporated into the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.^[3] Frank was elected to be the Trust's first president in 1962.

Publications

Turk's publications include:

• Turk, F.A. (1945a) New opilionids (Laniatores) from Indian Caves. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 11) 12 (87), 202–207, 10 figs.
• Turk, F.A. (1945b) A correction and additional data to two former papers on opilionids and Diplopods from Indian Caves. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 11) 12 (39), 420.
• Turk, F.A. (1948) Records and descriptions of new and little-known opiliones, mostly cavernicolous. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 12) 1 (4), 254–262. [Issued Oct 1948].
• Turk, F.A. (1964) Obituary Notice. Prof. Dr. C. F. Roewer. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 13) 6 [“1963”], 315–316. [Issued “May 1963”?].
• Turk, F.A. (1967) The non-aranean arachnid orders and the myriapods of British caves and mines. Transactions of the Cave Research Group of Great Britain, 9 (3), 142–161.

See also

• Cornwall portal

• Stella Turk, his wife and collaborator on conservation issues

References

1. Savory T H, 1961. Spiders Men and Scorpions. 191pp. Univ. London Press. London. [info on FA Turk at p 176]
2. Kuhn, Anselm (2009), Sven Berlin, artcornwall.org, archived from the original on 28 July 2014, retrieved 6 January 2014
3. Millar, Rowena (2013), Trust stalwarts receive honours, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, archived from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 6 January 2014

External links

• Frank Archibald Sinclair TURK - papers on Opiliones