Bernard Charles Cotton

Bernard Charles Cotton (2 February 1905 – 3 May 1966) was an Australian malacologist and museum curator of British origin.

Cotton was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where he was educated at Abbeyfield House. He immigrated, with his parents, to South Australia in 1923. Within a few months of his arrival he joined the staff of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide as a cadet to assist the museum’s Honorary Conchologist, Sir Joseph Verco. In 1928 he was appointed Assistant Conchologist and in 1934 became Curator of Molluscs. He retired from the museum in 1962 because of ill health. He died in 1966.

As well as numerous scientific papers, mainly in the field of Australian malacology, publications authored, co-authored or edited by Cotton include:

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