E. Ray Lankester

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gptkb:Degeneration:_A_Chapter_in_Darwinism
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Darwin_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1847-05-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1929-08-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Quarterly_Journal_of_Microscopical_Science
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gptkb:Exeter_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:father gptkb:Edwin_Lankester
gptkbp:fieldOfWork comparative anatomy
evolution
zoology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Edwin_Ray_Lankester
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label E. Ray Lankester
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gptkbp:knownFor comparative anatomy
evolutionary biology
work on degeneration
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
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gptkbp:occupation biologist
gptkbp:positionHeld Director of the Natural History Museum, London
Professor of Zoology, University College London
Professor of Comparative Anatomy, University of Oxford
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Churchyard,_Woking,_Surrey
gptkbp:signature E. Ray Lankester signature.svg
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