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Alston, Edward R. (Edward Richard), 1845-1881

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Personal name headingAlston, Edward R. (Edward Richard), 1845-1881
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Variant(s)Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881
Other standard no.78367778
Biography/History noteEdward Richard Alston (1845-1881) was a Scottish zoologist.
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Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date1845-12-01
Death date1881-03-07
Profession or occupationZoologists
Found inBiologia centrali-americana. Mammalia, 1879-82: t.p. (Edward R. Alston)
LC in OCLC, 1-5-96 (hdg.: Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881; usage: Edward R. Alston)
DNB, 1967, v. 1: (Edward Richard Alston, 1845-1881)
Wikimedia data, found via Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Richard_Alston, February 15, 2016 (VIAF identifier: 78367778; cause of death: tuberculosis; sex or gender: male; instance of: human; Freebase identifier: /m/0fq39dp; SUDOC authorities: 165408731; medical condition: tuberculosis; date of birth: +1845-00-00T00:00:00Z; date of death: +1881-00-00T00:00:00Z; Oxford Biography Index Number: 101000427; given name: Edward; occupation: zoologist; country of citizenship: United Kingdom; manner of death: natural causes; described by source: Alston, Edward Richard (DNB00); described by source: Dictionary of National Biography (1885-1900); labels: Edward Richard Alston; descriptions: Scottish zoologist; Brits zoöloog )
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, viewed Feb. 15, 2016 (Alston, Edward Richard (1845-1881), zoologist, was born at Stockbriggs House, near Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, on 1 December 1845. Alston died from acute pulmonary tuberculosis, on 7 March 1881, at his home, 14 Maddox Street, off Regent Street, London.)
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