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Person
Authorized form of name
Lankester, Edwin Ray, Sir
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Description area
Dates of existence
1847-1929
History
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester was 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