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Dr Arthur Randell Jackson (his father 1877-1944) is sometimes known as the “Father of British Arachnology”. He was born in Southport studied Zoology and then Medicine at Liverpool before setting up a practise originally in the Rhondda Valley and then Hexham but moving to Chester in 1905, where. heHe lived at "Westcote", (now one half of the Bawn Lodge}, the other half being Eastcote and at one time the home of another MB, Alexander George Hamilton. Described by compatriots as of rugged build both strong and tough heJackson could be cynical but kind and sensitive. As a GP he was noted for his accuracy in diagnosis. He described himself as a “….cyclist, spider hunter and bird watcher.” He was a distinguished amateur scientist and became an acknowledged expert on British spiders discovering 47 new species. He wrote a number of papers and books on the subject and won the Charles Kingsley Medal for his work.