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Laidlaw, Frank Fortescue, 1876-1963

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Personal name headingLaidlaw, Frank Fortescue, 1876-1963
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Birth date18760201
Death date19631211
Place of birthGalashiels, Scotland
Place of deathHalstead, Essex, England
AffiliationOwens College
Malacological Society of London
Royal Entomological Society of London
Zoological Society of London
Profession or occupationbiologist
malacologist
Found inThe land snail genus Amphidromus, 1961: title page (Frank Fortescue Laidlaw, Foxearth, Sudbury, Suffolk, England)
Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, via WWW, April 27, 2011 (Frank Fortescue Laidlaw; born February 1, 1876 in Galashiels; took a "double first" in zoology at Trinity College, Cambridge; member of the Cambridge University Expedition to Malaya in 1899 (Skeat Expedition); lecturer and assistant demonstrator in zoology at Owen's College, Manchester; qualified M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. from St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London in 1909; general practitioner at Uffculme, Devon, 1911-1945; member of the Malacological Society of London, the Royal Entomological Society and the Zoological Society of London; died December 11, 1963 in Halstead, Essex, England)
Wikipedia, via WWW, April 27, 2011 (Frank Fortescue Laidlaw (1876-1963); British biologist and malacologist who studied molluscs; named a number of species of snails, including the land snail genus Colparion)