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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] Life.
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.
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 ...
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.
late Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, probably none is more enduring, certainly none stood higher in his own estimation, than the part he played in the foundation of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'On the development of the crustacean embryo, and the variations of form exhibited in the larvae of 38 genera of podophthalmia' by Charles Spence Bate Creator: Edwin Ray Lankester Reference number: RR/7/436
Ray Lankester and the making of modern British biology. Oxford, UK: British Society for the History of Science. Google Scholar.
