Dr Graham Renshaw FRSE FZS LRCP (1872–1952) was a 20th-century British physician and noted biologist. He was editor of the "Avicultural Magazine" from 1917Title page of vol. 24 of the Avicultural Magazine. to August 1920Title page of vol. 26 of the Avicultural Magazine. and editor of "Natureland".
Life Renshaw studied medicine at the University of Manchester, graduating with an MB.
In 1914, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Herbert Bolton, William Evans Hoyle, Robert Kidston and James Hartley Ashworth. He practiced medicine in Manchester and taught Zoology as an extramural subject at the University of Manchester.
He was Vice President of the Manchester Medical Society.Royal Society of Edinburgh Yearbook 1951/2
Renshaw has published several books and many articles, for instance in The Zoologist.For instance in The Zoologist of 1901 he published about the quagga ('The True Quagga,' in: The Zoologist, 4th series, vol 5, issue 716 (February, 1901), p. 41–50).
He died on 13 January 1952.
Publications
The Avicultural Magazine.The Avicultural Magazine in Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), from vol. 1 (1894). See also: Index of Articles (1894–2003)], at the website of The Avicultural Society.
Natural History Essays. London : Sheratt & Hughes (1904)Renshaw 1904: ; 2nd ed. 1905 ( More Natural History Essays. London : Sheratt & Hughes (1905)Renshaw 1905: Bird Life at Manchester Zoo (1920)
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