Francis Trevelyan Buckland

Francis Trevelyan Buckland (December 17, 1826 - December 19, 1880), was an English zoologist, the son of William Buckland.

Buckland was born and educated at Oxford, where his father was Dean of Christchurch. He studied medicine and was assistant-surgeon in the Life Guards. An enthusiastic lover of natural history, he wrote largely upon it, among his works being Fish Hatching (1863), Curiosities of Natural History (4 vols. 1857-72), Log Book of a Fisherman and Zoologist (1876) and Natural History of British Fishes (1881). He also founded and edited the periodical Land and Water. He was for a time Inspector of Salmon Fisheries, and served on various commissions. Though observant, he was not always strictly scientific in his methods and modes of expression, and he was a strong opponent of Charles Darwin.

This article is originally from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.