Ray Lankester Scientist

Sir E. Ray Lankester KCB, FRS (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist, born in London.An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was the third Director of the Natural History Museum, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.

Personal facts

Ray Lankester
Birth dateMay 15, 1847
Birth place
England , London , Westminster
Nationality
United Kingdom
Date of deathAugust 13, 1929
Place of death
England , London , Chelsea London
Education
Christ Church Oxford
Known for
Rationalism

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Scientist

awards
Knight Bachelor
Darwin–Wallace Medal
Copley Medal
Field of study
Zoology
influenced
Edwin Stephen Goodrich
influenced by

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Ray Lankester on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008629285
  2. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012306794
  3. http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/ref/collection/earththeory/id/30553
  4. http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/ref/collection/philsci/id/32466
  5. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990615)257:3%3C90::AID-AR5%3E3.0.CO;2-8
  6. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11154
  7. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/4740
  8. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/1242
  9. https://archive.org/details/advancementofsci00lankrich
  10. https://archive.org/details/diversionsofnatu00lankrich