William Frederick Purcell

William Frederick Purcell
Born(1866-09-18)18 September 1866
London, England
Died3 October 1919(1919-10-03) (aged 53)
Cape Town, Union of South Africa
Alma materFriedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet
Known foraraneology
SpouseAnna Cambier Faure (m. 1897)
ChildrenFrederick Walter Faure Purcell
Olive Margaretha Deneys Purcell
William Frederick Hertzog Purcell
Scientific career
Fieldszoology, araneology
InstitutionsSouth African Museum
Thesis Ueber den Bau der Phalangidenaugen (On the structure of the eyes in the Phalangida)  (1895)

William Frederick Purcell FRSSAf[1] (18 September 1866 - 3 October 1919) was an English-born South African arachnologist and zoologist. He is regarded as being the founder of modern araneology in South Africa.

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