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JAMES HARTLEY ASHWORTH was born in J Accrington, brought up in Bolton, Lancashire, and educated at Owen's College, Manchester. It was his intention to specialise in chemistry, but he transferred to zoology. He was trained under A. Milnes Marshall and C. H. Hurst and later under S. J. Hickson, all outstanding zoologists and excellent teachers. His marked ability soon became apparent, for he obtained the Dalton prize in natural history, graduated B.Sc. of London at the age of twenty-one years, and four years later obtained the D.Sc. of the same University. From 1896 until 1900 he held the post of junior lecturer and demonstrator in zoology at Manchester. He then spent some time at the Biological Station at Naples, and the large amount of material he collected there is evidence of his zeal and enthusiasm. The visit impressed him deeply, and he retained an affection for the Station and the zoologists he met there. Until his death he was chairman and secretary for the British Association table at Naples. He was for many years the recorder of Section D (Zoology) of the Association and was president of the Section in 1923.
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01 March 1936
In the obituary notice of Prof. J. H. Ashworth which appeared in NATURE of February 22, p. 304, it is stated that he was brought up in Bolton. This is incorrect; he was brought up in Burnley.
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Prof. J. H. Ashworth, F.R.S.. Nature 137, 304–305 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137304a0
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