Ewart, James Cossar (1851–1934)

Scottish zoologist. A professor of natural history at Aberdeen, he then became regius professor of natural history at Edinburgh University, 1882, where he published extensively on many aspects of wildlife.

He was educated in Edinburgh and, in addition to his academic career, he started the marine biology research station in Aberdeen, 1879, and became a member of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 1882. His publications include The Locomotor System of the Echinoderms (with Romanes) (1881), On the Preservation of Fish (1887), Guide to Zebras, Hybrids, etc (1900), On a Prejvalsky Hybrid (1907), The Development of the Horse (1915), Moulting of the King Penguin (1917), and The Nesting Feathers of the Mallard (1921).