Thom's Irish Who's Who/Scharff, Robert Francis

SCHARFF, Robert Francis, Ph.D., B.Sc., M.R.I.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. Keeper of the National History Collections, Nat. Museum, Dublin, 1887-1921; late Acting Director, National Museum, Dublin, and Secretary of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland; Member of Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research, Development Commission. Educ.: Univ. Bordeaux, Heidelberg, Edinburgh, and University College, London. Vice-President, Royal Irish Academy, 1903-06, 1909-11, 1919-20. Prize of H. M. Emperor Nicholas II. of Russia. International Congress of Zoology 1895; b. 9th July, 1858. Pubns.; European Animals, 1907; Distribution and Origin of Life in America, 1911. Res., Knockranny, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Clubs; Authors', London.