Edwin Ray Lankester

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Exeter_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:author gptkb:The_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:Science_from_an_Easy_Chair
gptkb:Degeneration:_A_Chapter_in_Darwinism
gptkb:Extinct_Animals
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:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Thomas_Henry_Huxley
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:Downing_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Exeter_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:fieldOfWork comparative anatomy
evolutionary biology
zoology
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edwin Ray Lankester
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Julian_Huxley
gptkb:E._S._Goodrich
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Thomas_Henry_Huxley
gptkbp:knighted 1907
gptkbp:knownFor contributions to comparative anatomy
directorship of the Natural History Museum, London
work on degeneration in evolution
gptkbp:language English
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
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gptkb:Degeneration:_A_Chapter_in_Darwinism
gptkbp:occupation biologist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Edwin_Lankester
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Linacre_Professor_of_Comparative_Anatomy,_University_of_Oxford
Director of the Natural History Museum, London
Professor of Zoology, University College London
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Churchyard,_Woking,_Surrey
gptkbp:signature Edwin Ray Lankester signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse none
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Julian_Huxley
gptkb:E._S._Goodrich
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