noted sociologist. Selected publications Abercrombie, M. (1950) Dictionary of Biology Abercrombie, M. and Ambrose, E.J. (1958). Interference microscope studies of cell contacts in tissue culture. Exp. Cell Res. 15: 322–345. Abercrombie, M. and Heaysman, J.E.M. (1953). Observations on the social behaviour of cells in tissue culture. I. Speed of movement of chick heart fibroblasts in relation to their mutual contacts. Exp. Cell Res. 5: 111–131. Abercrombie, M. and Heaysman, J.E.M. (1954a). Observations on the social behaviour of cells in tissue culture. II. ‘Monolayering’ of fibroblasts. Exp. Cell Res. 6: 293–306. Abercrombie is also known for editing and co-founding the Penguin New Biology textbook. He was one of the founders and first editor (1953–62) of Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology (renamed Development in 1987). References External links http://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/paper.php?doi=10761842 1912 births 1979 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society English biologists People from Dymock 20th-century biologists Jodrell Professors of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy