of the late Dr John Foster Gaskell and Miss Gaskell MBE. In 1990 a major fire destroyed the house and its ruins still stand today in dense woodland on land now owned by a Cambridge College. References Bibliography JNL (1914–1915) Proc Roy Soc Lond B Biol Sci 88:xxvii–xxxvi (Obituary) External links The Royal Society: Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1847–1914) Royal Medal winners prior to 1900 The Royal Society: photograph 1847 births 1914 deaths 19th-century British biologists 20th-century British biologists British physiologists People educated at Highgate School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Royal Medal winners 19th-century Neapolitan people People from Great Shelford