Francis John Govier Ebling, generally known as John Ebling, was Professor of Zoology at the University of Sheffield from 1968 to 1983, and subsequently emeritus Professor of Dermatology 1983–1992. He is best known as a researcher in marine biology who helped to establish Lough Hyne as a field station, and is one of the lead characters in Reflections on a Summer Sea, a history of this facility. He had a second research interest on sebaceous gland function and skin. This dominated in later life, and he was editor of the 3rd to 5th editions of the Textbook of Dermatology. He also authored and edited a number of other books on biology and endocrinology including The Glands Inside Us and Population Control by Social Behaviour.