Aquarium (1873–1876). He went on to work for various other aquariums, before returning to Brighton in 1879. Saville-Kent married in 1872, but his wife died three years later. He remarried in 1876. Australia On the recommendation of Huxley, in 1884 Saville-Kent became Inspector of Fisheries in Tasmania. In 1889, he became Commissioner of Fisheries for Queensland, and in 1892, Commissioner of Fisheries for Western Australia, a position he held until 1895. During this time he experimented with culturing pearls on Thursday Island; his experiments were successful, and modern-day spherical cultured pearls are primarily the result of discoveries he made. These discoveries were later patented by Dr. Tokichi Nishikawa of Japan, who had heard of Saville-Kent's techniques. Later, Saville-Kent went on to chair the Royal Society of Queensland from 1889 to 1890. His book documentation of the Great Barrier Reef was the pioneering publication, attracted worldwide attention, and was for decades the definitive work on this landform. His sister Constance had joined him in Australia in 1886, changing her name to Ruth Emilie Kaye and training as a nurse. Fisheries Saville-Kent was a pioneer of the concept of sustainable fisheries. While at the Brighton Aquarium he witnessed a lobster lay eggs and charted the growth and development of the offspring. His goal was to see lobster and other commercial species of fish farmed as a sustainable resource. Saville-Kent died in 1908, in Bournemouth. He is buried in All Saints' churchyard, Milford on Sea. Published works A Manual of the Infusoria, 1880, 1881, 1882 (3 Vol.) The Great Barrier Reef, 1893 The Naturalist in Australia, 1897 Notes See also :Category:Taxa named by William Saville-Kent References Saville-Kent, William (1845 - 1908) - Australian Dictionary of Biography Saville-Kent, William (1845 - 1908) - Bright Sparcs External links English marine biologists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Zoological Society of London 1845 births 1908 deaths Alumni of King's College London People from Sidmouth Protistologists Royal Society of Queensland English emigrants to Australia