Sir Frederick Stratten Russell DSC DFC FRS[1] (3 November 1897 – 5 June 1984) was an English marine biologist.
Russell was born in Bridport, Dorset, and studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
He was elected to the Royal Society in 1938, was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1961, and knighted in 1965.
He also discovered a means of distinguishing between different species of fish shortly after they have hatched.
He served in both World Wars, being awarded, among others, the Distinguished Flying Cross.