Francis Jeffrey Bell

Francis Jeffrey Bell (Calcutta, 26 January 1855 - London, 1 April 1924) was an English zoologist who specialised in echinoderms. He spent most of his life at the British Museum (Natural History), and was also a professor of comparative anatomy at King's College.

His author abbreviation is Bell.

Life Bell was born in Calcutta on 26 January 1855, the son of Francis Jeffrey Bell. He went to school at Christ's Hospital in London. which has long been used as a reference work. He obtained his MA in Oxford in 1881. In 1885 he himself published the "Manual of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology", which became a widely used work among medical students. From 1879 to 1897 he was a professor of comparative anatomy at King's College. In 1897 he became professor emeritus and fellow of that college.

In addition to being the author of a number of works on anatomy, Bell is best known for his many publications on echinoderms. In 1892 he published the standard work "Catalog of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum".

Francis Jeffrey Bell died on 1 April 1924 as a result of an accident.

Publications 1879.Observations on the Characters of the Echinoidea. I. On the Species of the Genus Brissus, and on the allied Forms Meoma and Metalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 249–255; BHLObservations on the Characters of the Echinoidea. II. On the Species of the Genus Tripneustes, Agassiz. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 655–662, pl. 49; BHL1880.On Palaeolampas, a new Genus of the Echinoidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 43–49, pl. 4; BHLObservations on the Characters of the Echinoidea. III. On some Genera and Species of the Temnopleuridae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 422–440, pl. 41; BHL1881.Echinodermata. Account of the Zoological Collections made during the Survey of H.M.S. "Alert" in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 87–101, pl. 8–9; BHLObservations on the Characters of the Echinoidea. IV. The Echinometridae; their Affinities and Systematic Position. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 1881: 410–433; BHLDescription of a New Species of the Genus Mespilia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 433–435; BHLContributions to the Systematic Arrangement of the Asteroidea. I. The Species of the Genus Asterias. Proceedings of the Zoological Journal of London 1881: 492–515; BHLA note on the Characters of the Genus Crossaster, with the Description of a new Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 5, 8: 140–142; BHL1882.Descriptions of new or rare Species of Asteroidea in the Collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 121–124; BHLAn attempt to apply a Method of Formulation to the Species of the Comatulidae; with the Description of a new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 530–536, pl. 35; BHLStudies in the Holothuroidea. I. On the Genus Psolus and the Forms allied thereto. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 641–650, pl. 48; BHLNote on a Crinoid from the Straits of Magellan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 650–652; BHL1883.Studies in the Holothuroidea. II. Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 58–62; BHLDescriptions of two new Species of Asteroidea in the Collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 5, 12: 333–335; BHL1884.On the Generic Position and Relations of Echinanthus tumidus Woods. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 40–44, pl. 2–3; BHLContributions to the Systematic Arrangement of the Asteroidea. II. The Species of Oreaster. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 57–87; BHLEchinodermata. Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. "Alert", 1881–2: 117–177, pl. 8–17; BHL en 509–512, pl. 45; BHLStudies in the Holothuroidea. III. On Amphicyclus, a new genus of Dendrochirotous Holothurians, and its bearing on the classification of the family. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 253–258; BHLStudies in the Holothuroidea. IV. On the Structural Characters of the Cotton-spinner (Holothuria nigra), and especially on its Cuvierian Organs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 372–376; BHLStudies in the Holothuroidea. V. Further Notes on the Cotton-spinner. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 563–565; BHLNotes on a collection of Echinodermata from Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 496–507; BHL1886.Note on Bipalium kewense and the generic characters of Land-Planarians. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1886: 166–168; BHLOn the holothurians of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum by Dr. John Anderson, Superintendent of the Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 21: 25–28; BHL1887.On the Term Mulleria as applied to a Genus of Holothurians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 5, 19: 392; BHLDescription of a new species of Evechinus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 5, 20: 403–405, pl. 17; BHLReport on a Collection of Echinodermata from the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 139–145; BHLStudies in the Holothuroidea. VI. Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 531–534; BHLThe echinoderm fauna of the island of Ceylon. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society ser. 2, 3: 643–658, pl. 39–40; BHL1888.Notice of a remarkable Ophiurid from Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 6, 1: 368–370; BHLNotes on Echinoderms collected at Port Philip by Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 6, 2: 401–407; BHLDescriptions of four new Species of Ophiurids. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 281–284, pl. 16; BHLReport on a collection of echinoderms made at Tuticorin, Madras, by Mr. Edgar Thurston, C.M.Z.S., Superintendent, Government Central Museum, Madras. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 383–389; BHL1889.Note on the Relative Claims to Recognition of the Generic Names Arbacia, Gray, and Echinocidaris, Des Moulins. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 6, 3: 290; BHLEchinodermata. Report of a Deep-sea Trawling Cruise off the S.W. Coast of Ireland, under the direction of the Rev. W. Spotswood Green, MA., F.R.G.S. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 6, 4: 432–445; BHL1891.Contributions to our Knowledge of the Antipatharian Corals. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13: 87–92; BHLA test case for the law of priority. Annals And Magazine of Natural History ser. 6, 8: 108–109; BHLOn the Arrangement and Inter-relations of the Classes of the Echinodermata. Annals And Magazine of Natural History ser. 6, 8: 206–215; BHL1892.Description of a new Species of Antedon from Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 6, 9: 427–428, pl. 18; BHLCatalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History): 1–202, pl. 1–16; BHLA contribution to the classification of Ophiurids, with Descriptions of some new and little-known Forms. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 175–183, pl. 11–12; BHL1893.On Odontaster and its Allied or Synonymous Genera of Asteroid Echinoderms. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 259–262; BHLDescription of a remarkable new Sea-urchin of the Genus Cidaris from Mauritius. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13: 303–304, pl. 38; BHLOn a small Collection of Crinoids from the Sahul Bank, North Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24: 339–341, pl. 23, 24; BHL1894.Note on Three Species of River-crabs of the Genus Telphusa, from Specimens collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. J.W. Gregory, Mr. H.H. Johnston, C.B., and Mr. F.J. Jackson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 166; BHLOn the echinoderms collected during the voyage of H.M.S. "Penguin" and by H.M.S. "Egeria", when surveying Macclesfield Bank. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 392–413, pl. 23–27; BHL1895.Description of a new Species of Crab of the Genus Hyastenus. Proceedings of The Zoological Society of London 1895: 239–240; BHL1899.Report on the Echinoderms (other than Holothurians). in Zoological results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896, and 1897: 133–140; BHL1902.The Actinogonidiate Echinoderms of the Maldive and Laccadive Islands. in: (ed.) The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes 1(3): 223–233; BHLEchinoderma. Report on the collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross": 214–220, pl. 26–28; BHL1903.Report on a Collection of Echinoderms from the Neighbourhood of Zanzibar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7, 12: 244–248; BHL1904.Description of a new Genus of Spatangoids. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7, 13: 236–237; BHLOn the Echinodermata found off the coast of South Africa. I. Echinoidea. Marine Investigations in South Africa 3: 167–176; BHL1905.On the Echinodermata found off the coast of South Africa. II. Asteroidea. Marine Investigations in South Africa 3: 243–253; BHLOn the Echinodermata found off the coast of South Africa. III. Ophiuroidea. Marine Investigations in South Africa 3: 255–260; BHLOn the Echinodermata found off the coast of South Africa. IV. Crinoidea. Marine Investigations in South Africa 4: 139–142; BHL1908.Echinoderma I. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04. Natural History 4: 1–16, pl. 1–5; BHL1909.Report on the Echinoderma (other than Holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the Western Parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology ser. 2, 13: 17–22; BHL1917.Echinoderma 1: Actinogonidiata. British Antarctic "Terra Nova" Expedition, 1910. Natural History Reports, Zoology 4(1): 1–10; BHL