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Edwin Lankester

British scientist (1814–1874)

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4 images from works
  • Edwin Lankester. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1852.
  • Edwin Lankester. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • Edwin Lankester. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.
  • Edwin Lankester. Photograph by Ernest Edwards, 1868.

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40 works

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    Principles of scientific botany, or, Botany as an inductive science / by J.M. Schleiden ; translated by Edwin Lankester.

    | Date: 1849
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    Report on the cholera outbreak in the parish of St. James, Westminster, during the autumn of 1854 / presented to the Vestry by the Cholera Inquiry Committee.

    Saint James (Westminster, London, England : Parish). Cholera Inquiry Committee. | Date: 1855
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    Vegetable substances used for the food of man / [Edwin Lankester].

    Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874. | Date: 1832
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    Cholera : what is it? and how to prevent it / By Edwin Lankester.

    Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874. | Date: 1866
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    Half-hours with the microscope : a popular guide to the use of the microscope as a means of amusement and instruction / by Edwin Lankester.

    Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874. | Date: 1878

Frequent collaborators

Royal College of Surgeons of England
Glasgow University Library

Related topics

London
Microscopy
Food

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