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Ray Lankester

British zoologist (1847-1929)

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Field of work
Zoology

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Images by Ray Lankester

2 images from works
  • The history of creation, or, The development of the earth and its inhabitants by the action of natural causes : a popular exposition of the doctrine of evolution in general, and of that of Darwin, Goethe and Lamarck in particular / from the German of Ernst Haeckel ; the translation revised by Professor E. Ray Lankester.
  • The history of creation, or, The development of the earth and its inhabitants by the action of natural causes : a popular exposition of the doctrine of evolution in general, and of that of Darwin, Goethe and Lamarck in particular / from the German of Ernst Haeckel ; the translation revised by Professor E. Ray Lankester.

Images featuring Ray Lankester

3 images from works
  • British Association for the Advancement of Science: the president-elect and presidents of departments. Wood engraving, 1883.
  • Sir Edwin Ray Lankester. Photograph by Elliott & Fry Ltd, 1918.
  • Some Fellows of the Royal Society: with a key to the identities of the sitters. Wood engraving, 1889.

Works from the collections

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33 works

    • Books

    Science and education : lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain / edited with an introduction, by Sir E. Ray Lankester.

    | Date: [1917]
    • Books
    • Online

    Some diversions of a naturalist / by Ray Lankester.

    Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. | Date: [1925]
    • Books
    • Online

    Studies on Apus, Limulus and Scorpio / by E. Ray Lankester.

    | Date: 1881
    • Journals
    • Online

    The Linacre reports / edited by E. Ray Lankester.

    | Date: 1894-
    • Books

    The kingdom of man / by E. Ray Lankester.

    Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. | Date: 1912

Frequent collaborators

Ernst Haeckel
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Related topics

Science
Natural History
Biological Evolution
United Kingdom
Life - Origin
Zoology

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