Ray Lankester

Sir E. Ray Lankester
Sir E. Ray Lankester in 1908
Born(1847-05-15)15 May 1847
London, England
Died13 August 1929(1929-08-13) (aged 82)
London, England
Alma materDowning College, Cambridge
Christ Church, Oxford
Known forEvolution, Rationalism
AwardsKnight Bachelor (1906)
Darwin-Wallace Medal (Silver, 1908)
Copley Medal (1913)
Linnean Medal (1920)
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
InstitutionsUniversity College London
Oxford University
British Museum (Natural History)
Author abbrev. (botany)Lank.

Sir Edwin Ray Lankester KCB FRS (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist.[1][2]

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, London, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.[3]

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  2. ^ Osborn, Henry Fairfield (31 August 1929). "Obituary: Sir E. Ray Lankester, K.C.B., F.R.S." Nature. 124 (3122): 345–346. Bibcode:1929Natur.124..345O. doi:10.1038/124345a0.
  3. ^ Goodrich, Edwin S. (1931). "The Scientific Work of Edwin Ray Lankester" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. s2-74 (295): 363–382.