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Sir Edwin Ray Lankester KCB FRS (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist. 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.
May 11, 2024 · Sir Edwin Ray Lankester (born May 15, 1847, London, England—died August 15, 1929, London) was a British authority on general zoology at the turn of the 19th century, who made important contributions to comparative anatomy, embryology, parasitology, and anthropology.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Impatient, utterly fearless, sociable, charming, with a deep booming voice, Ray Lankester was one of the most brilliant and imaginative lecturers in British science. He died on August 15, 1929.
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Sir E. Ray Lankester KCB, FRS (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist, born in London. Ray Lankester was an invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist. He was Professor of Zoology at University College London and Oxford University.
E. Ray Lankester and the making of modern British biology. Oxford, UK: British Society for the History of Science.
- John Bellamy Foster
- 2000
Ray Lankester's father, Edwin, was a noted biologist. He was a founder and for 25 years the president of the biological section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the Royal Society, and the president of the Royal Microscopical Society.
May 15, 2015 · E. Ray Lankester, an English zoologist, was born May 15, 1847. Lankester was a disciple of T.H. Huxley, who was in turn an early defender of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, so Darwinian evolution found another ardent apostle in Lankester.
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