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William Elford Leach FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
Mar 15, 2022 · William Elford Leach (1791-1836) was a prominent zoologist, born in the height of the Age of Enlightenment in Plymouth, Devon. From a young age, he began to collect marine specimens along the Devon coast, and after embarking on a medical apprenticeship at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, and completing his M.D in Scotland, Leach turned to ...
Nov 14, 2021 · LEACH, WILLIAM ELFORD (1790–1836), naturalist, born at Plymouth in 1790, after studying medicine under Abernethy at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, proceeded to Edinburgh, where he graduated M.D. in 1812.
William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 - 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Life and work Libinia emarginata described by Leach in Zoological Miscellany in 1815. Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney.
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Dec 14, 2017 · William Elford Leach was one of the great British zoologists of the beginning of the nineteenth century. He started his career as assistant librarian at the British Museum and was responsible for the zoological collections.
Paper, 'On the genus Ocythoë' extracted from a letter from Thomas Say to Wm [William] Elford Leach Creator: Thomas Say Reference number: PT/13/9 The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
Publication info: London, J. Sowerby, 1815-1875. Holding Institution: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library. Malacostraca podophthalmata Brittanniae; or, description of such British species of the Linnean genus Cancer as have their eyes elevated on footstalks. View Metadata.
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