Cyril Crossland (April 19, 1878, Sheffield, England – January 7, 1943, Hellerup, Gentofte municipality, Denmark) was an English zoologist.
Prior to his (Crossland) death in 1943 he was seen riding the Copenhagen trams, roundly abusing the Nazis in a cultivated English accent. "
He studied and worked with marine flora and fauna in a variety of UK and overseas locations, summarised below: 1894-1900 Student at University of London (gained BSc.
1930-38 Established and directed a marine biological station at Ghardaqa on the Red Sea Coast, at the request of the Egyptian Government.
1938-1943 Moved to Denmark with Hildur and their son Ingolf Crossland (1929-2020, born in Paea, Tahiti), continuing scientific work at the University of Copenhagen's Zoological Museum until his death.
He published seven papers on protozoa, all concerning species from the Red Sea, East Africa, Zanzibar the Maldives and the Cape Verde Islands.
Few scientific papers result from his stay on the Sudan Coast; his large manuscript on the biology and cultivation of the pearl oyster never found publication.