Cecil von Bonde

Cecil von Bonde (born Cape Town 19 July 1895; died 21 March 1983) was a South African zoologist, fisheries scientist and oceanographer.

Biography Von Bonde was born in Cape Town and matriculated at the Normal College Boys' High School, Cape Town, in 1912 before going on to the University of Cape Town where he attained his Master of Arts degree and was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Zoology in 1918. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in zoology from the University of Cape Town in 1923, his thesis was "The zoogeographical distribution of the Heterosomata [flat fishes]". Between 1924 and 1925 he studied oceanography at the University of Liverpool, also serving as a lecturer in Zoology there. He returned to Cape Town in 1926 where he was appointed as acting head of the Zoology Department following the death of Professor J.D.F. Gilchrist.

He was appointed as Director of Fisheries and Government Marine Biologist in South Africa in 1928 when he was also seconded to the Conference of East African Governors to conduct fisheries and marine biological surveys in Kenya and Zanzibar. The following year, he attended the International Conference on Oceanography and Continental Hydrography in Seville, Spain as a representative of the government of the Union of South Africa. In 1932 he travelled to the United States and Canada, following the award of a Carnegie Research Grant, where he visited the various marine biological and fisheries laboratories. In traveling to Europe in 1937 where he visited Germany, France and the United Kingdom as well as travelling to the United States and Canada again to broaden his experience of fisheries research and technology. He was a delegate of the Union Government to the second Conference of the F.A.O. in Copenhagen in 1946, becoming a member of the Fisheries Committee and being appointed to the Standing Advisory Committee of Fisheries of F.A.O. von Bonde was appointed as an International Whaling Commissioner in 1949 and later was appointed Chairman of the Whaling Technical Committee. Report on a preliminary survey of the sea fisheries of Kenya Colony by Cecil von Bonde( Book ) The natural history and utilization of the cape crawfish, kreef or spiny lobster, Jasus (Palinurus) lalandii (Milne Edwards) Ortmann by Cecil von Bonde( Book ) The South African marine fishes of commercial and angling importance by J. M Marchand( Book ) 'Comparative Zoology, etc. by Cecil VON BONDE( Book ) Die Voorplanting, embriologie, en metamorfose van de Kaapse kreef-Jasus lalandii (Milne Edwards) Ortmann. [With plates.] by Cecil VON BONDE( Book ) Report on a Preliminary Survey of the Marine Fisheries of the Zanzibar Protectorate. By Cecil von Bonde by Zanzibar( Book ) So great thy sea; a study of the oceans by Cecil von Bonde( Book ) The Heterosomata (flat fishes) by Cecil Von Bonde( Book ) Shark Fishing as an industry, by Cecil von Bonde( Book )

Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Cecil von Bonde