BIOGRAFÍAS
     
       William Syer BRISTOWE  
     
 

     Nació el 1 de septiembre de 1901 en Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey (Inglaterra), después de estudiar en la Universidad de Cambridge, entró en el comercio y el intercambio en el ejercicio de su profesión dedicando el tiempo de ocio entre viajes al deporte, el atletismo, la arqueología y las ciencias naturales por la que siente una inclinación natural.

     La Aracnología sale favorecida, sobre todo, de 1922 a 1938, al publicar 63 trabajos, incluyendo numerosas listas de captura; de las islas costeras de Gran Bretaña así como Jan Mayen, la isla de los Osos, Grecia, Madeira, la isla de Krakatoa y Sur de Georgia, hizo varios estudios sobre la distribución geográfica, la clasificación y la etología de Arañas, su catálogo The Comity of Spiders es de gran interés.

 
     
   

Su obra:

 
     
 

Bristowe (W.S.) (William Syer), 1922. - The Insects and Arachnids of Jan Mayen. Proc. Cambr. Phil. Soc., 21, pp.38-43.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1923a. - A British Semi-marine Spider. Ann. Mag. Hist., (9) 12, pp.154-156.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1923b. - Spiders found in the Neighbourhood of Oxshott. Proc. S.Lond. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc., 1922-23, pp.1-11; 2 pl.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1924. - A Bee-eating Dragonflay and a Spider-eating Asilid Fly. Ent. Month. Mag., 60, pp.150-151.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1925a. - Notes on the Habits of Insects and Spiders in Brazil. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1924 (3-4), pp.475-504, pl.XLVIII, 1 cart.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1925b. - The Spiders and Harvestmen of Wicken Fen. in J.S.Gardiner, The Natural History of Wicken Fen, Part II, PP.104-115.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1925c. - Spiders collected by the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition in the Island of Madeira. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) 15, pp.331-334. 4 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1925d. - The Fauna of the Arctic Island of Jan Mayen and its probable Origin. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) 15, pp.480-485.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1925e. - The Spiders of Mt. Everest. Country-Side, 1925, pp.103-105.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1926a. - The Mating Habits of British Thomisid and Sparassid Spiders. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) 18, pp.114-131, 6 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1926b. - ver LOCKET (G.H.), 1926a.

Bristowe (W.S.), 19 & G.H. Locket, 26. - The Courtship of British Lycosid Spiders, and its probable Significance. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1926 (2), pp.317-347, 10 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1927. - The Spider fauna of the Western Islands of Scotland. Scot. Nat., 1927 (165), pp.88-94; (166), pp.117-122.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1928a. - A few Spiders collected on the Camber Sandhills. Hastings Nat., 4 (2), pp.20-21.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1928b. - Some Notes on the Biology of Hunting Wasps. Ent. Month. Mag., 64, pp.7-11.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1928c. - Inhabitants of Processionary Caterpilar Nests. Ent. Month. Mag., 64, p.31.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1928d. - Facts and Fallacies about Spiders. Proc. S.Lond. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc., 1928-29, pp.12-23.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1929a. - The Spiders of Cambridgeshire (Including Harvest Spiders and Pseudoscorpions). Cambridge Natural History Society. Fauna List nº 2, pp.1-25.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1929b. - The Spiders of the Sicilly Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1929 (2), pp.149-164.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1929c. - A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Spiders of the Channel Islands. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1929 (2), pp.181-188.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1929d. - The Spiders of Lundy Island. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1929 (2), pp.235-244.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1929e. - The Mating Habits of Spiders, with special Reference to the Problems surrounding Sex Dimorphism. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1929 (2), pp.309-358, 15 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1930a. - The Spider of Skomer Island (S. Wales). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1929 (4), pp.617-622.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1930b. - The Distribution and Dispersal of Spiders. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1929 (4), pp.633-657.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1930c. - The Distribution and Origin of the Spider fauna of Great Britain. in Contribution à l'étude du peuplement des Iles britanniques. Publ. Soc. biogéogr., 3, pp.45-55.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1930d. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. I. The Evolution of Spiders' Snares. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 6, pp.334-342.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1930e. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. II. Aquatic Spiders. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 6, pp.343-347.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1930f. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. III. Miscellaneous. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 6, pp.347-353.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1930g. - A Supplementary Note on the Mating Habits of Spiders. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1930 (2), pp.395-413.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931a. - A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Spiders of South Wales. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 8, pp.173-177.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931b. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. IV. Further Notes on Aquatic Spiders, with a Description of a new Species of Pseudoscorpion from Singapore. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 8, pp.457-465, 6 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931c. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. V. Theridion ovatum Clerck, its Habitats and Varieties. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 8, pp.466-469.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931d. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. VI. Spitting as a Means of capturing Prey by Spiders. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 8, pp.469-471.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931e. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. VII. Flies that triumph over Spiders. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10)8, pp.471-474.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931f. - A contribution to the Knowledge of the Spider Fauna of South-West Ireland and, in particular, the Islands off the Coast. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1931 (1), pp.17-29.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931g. - The Spiders of the Island of Grassholm, and some Additions to the Skomer Island List (South Wales). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1931 (1), pp.111-113.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931h. - The Spiders of the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1931 (3), pp.951-956.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931i. - The Spiders of the Farme Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1931 (4), pp.1383-1385.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931j. - A Preliminary Note on the Spiders of Krakatau. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1931 (4), pp.1387-1400, 12 fig., 1 pl.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931k. - The Mating Habits of Spiders: a Second Supplement, with the Description of a New Thomisid from Krakatau. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1931 (4), pp.1401-1412, 12 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931l. - A Contribution to the Knowledge of Scottish Spiders. Kirkcudbrightshire. Scot. Nat., 1931, pp.153-155.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931m. - The Migration of Spiders Ent. Month. Mag., 67. pp.206-208.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1931n. - Spiders collected by the Discovery Expedition with a Description of a new Species from South Georgia. Discov. Rep., 3, pp.261-266.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1932a. - Mantispa, a Spider Parasite. Ent. Month. Mag., 68, pp.222-224.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1932b. - Insects and other Invertebrates for human Consumption in Siam. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 80, pp.387-404.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1933a. - The New Volcanic Island, Krakatoa. Nature, Lond., 1933 (dec, 2), p.860.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1933b. - The Spiders of Bear Island. Norsk ent. Tidsskr., 3 (3), pp.149-154.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1933c. - Notes on Biology of Spiders. VIII. Rare Spiders and the Meaning of the Word <<rare>>. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 11, pp.279-289.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1933d. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. IX. The British Species of Atypus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 11, pp.289-302, 8 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1933e. - Notes on the Biology of Spiders. X. British Cellar Spiders, with the Descriptión of a Species new to Britain. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 11, pp.509-514, 5 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1933f. - The Liphistiid Spiders. With an Appendix on their Internal Anatomy by J.Millot. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1932 (4), pp.1016-1057, 11 fig., 6 pl.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1934a. - The Spiders of Ramsey and Bardsey Islands, with Notes on others from Montgomery and Merioneth. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1934 (1), pp.1-9.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1934b. - The Spiders of Krakatau. Introductory Notes. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1934 (1), pp.11-12.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1935a. - Spiders from the Isle of May. Scot. Nat., 1935, pp.27-28.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1935b. - The Spiders of Greece and the adjacent Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1934 (4), pp.733-788.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1935c. - Further Notes on the Spiders of the Scilly Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1935 (2), pp.219-232.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1935d. - The Spiders of Skokholm (S.Wales), with Notes on a Phalangid new to Britain. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1935 (2), pp.233-239, 2 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), & Th.H.Savory, 1937. - Spiders which Feed their Young from their Mouths. Country-Side, (N.S.) 11 (4), p.167.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1938a. - Some new Termitophilous Spiders from Brazil. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (11) 2, pp.67-73, 13 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1938b. - The Classification of Spiders. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., (B) 108 (2), pp.285-322, 13 fig.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1938c. - Arachnida. in The Victoria History of the Country of Cambridgeshire and the Isla of Ely, 1, pp.206-212. Vic. Hist. Count. Engl.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1938d. - Arachnida, in The Zoology of Cambridgeshire. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 108; appendix pp.66-67.

Bristowe (W.S.), 1939. - The Comity of Spiders. Vol.1. London, 1939, pp.1-228, pl.I-XIX.