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Ethelwynn Trewavas

Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (died 1993)

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Born
November 5, 1900
Died
August 16, 1993
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1900

About Ethelwynn Trewavas

Ethelwynn Trewavas was an ichthyologist at the British Museum. She was known for her work on the families Cichlidae and Sciaenidae. She worked with Charles Tate Regan, another ichthyologist and taxonomist. Trewavas was awarded the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London in 1968, and elected as a Fellow (honoris causa) of the society in 1991. Many fellow ichthyologists honoured Trewavas by naming newly discovered species after her. She was best known for her work describing African Rift lake cichlids, but she published extensively on other groups as well.

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The world when Ethelwynn Trewavas was born

Ethelwynn Trewavas was born in 1900. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1900

  • Best-selling book"To Have and to Hold" – Mary Johnston

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Davis Cup tennis tournament
  • Top headlineGalveston Hurricane kills 8,000+ — deadliest US disaster
  • Technology milestoneFirst zeppelin flight
  • World population~1.6B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population76.2M

1900 versus 2026

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Measure19002026
Average income$438$67,500
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population76.2M341 million

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