Ebenezer Ford

Ebenezer "Ebb" Ford OBE FRSE (22 September 1890 – 14 October 1974), who also wrote under the pen-name Quibbon, was a British marine zoologist.

Early life and education Ebenezer Ford was born on 22 September 1890 in Hove, England, the son of George Horace Ford. His younger brother, Percy Ford, became an economist and was the first professor of economics at the University of Southampton.

Career In 1913 Ford was given the post of assistant naturalist at the Plymouth Laboratory. He saw active service in France and was wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. In 1949, he left Plymouth to become Director of the Marine Station at Millport, in replacement of Richard Elmhirst.

He then became first full-time secretary of the Scottish Marine Biological Association.

Ford was also competent artist, and created several thousand "specimen drawings".

Later life and death Ford retired in March 1956 and returned to his native county of Sussex, naming his house "Keppel" after the Keppel pier at Millport.

He died at the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, on 14 October 1974.

Personal life Ford's younger brother, Percy Ford, became an economist and was the first professor of economics at the University of Southampton.

He married Alice Gurr in August 1916. She died in 1950. They had one daughter, Joan.

Publications Ford wrote in the Fishing News magazine under the pen-name of "Quibbon".

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