Person Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929); zoologist Lankester Edwin Ray Sir zoologist 1847 - 1929 British Male 22 Old Burlington Street, London, England 15 May 1847 18470515 44 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London 15/08/1929 19290815 Funeral: St Martin-in-the-Fields Cremation: Golders Green crematorium

Exeter College, Oxford (1875); 44 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London

zoologist Embryology Comparative anatomy Evolutionary biology Invertebrate zoology Zoology Natural history Education: St Paul's School; Cambridge; Oxford. MA (Oxford) Career: Fellow and Lecturer, Exeter College, Oxford; Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University College, London (1874-1890); Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Oxford (1891-1898); Director, Natural History Departments, British Museum (1896-1907) Honours: KCB 1907 Parents: Edwin Lankester (FRS 1845) and Phebe Lankester, née Pope (1825–1900), eldest daughter of Samuel Pope of Highbury, formerly a mill owner in Manchester, and sister of Samuel Pope, barrister. Contributed to the study of embyology, parasitology, and anthropology. Royal Society roles: VP 1895-1896 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1885; Copley Medal 1913 Fellow 03/06/1875 28 John Gwyn Jeffreys; John Tyndall; Thomas Spencer Cobbold; Edward Hull; Thomas Lauder Brunton; Edward William Cooke Erasmus Wilson; Charles Darwin; Geo Busk; Philip Lutley Sclater; William Henry Flower; John Lubbock; George J Allman; John Marshall; William Sharpey Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1930 vol 106 pp x-xv, plate, by Edwin Stephen Goodrich References: Sir John Boyd, 'Sleeping Sickness: the Castellani-Bruce Controversy' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 93-110 Vanity Fair 12 January 1905 - "His religion is the worship of all sorts of winged and finny freaks" by 'Spy' Lankester E R, IM Maull 002625.jpg ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Lankester%2C+Edwin+Ray RCN 47957 RCN 11678 RCN 47960 RCN 23325 RCN 47947 RCN 47958 RCN 47948 RCN 32403 RCN 47935 RCN 23334 RCN 18630 RCN 47949 RCN 47955 RCN 47956 RCN 33447 RCN 23326 RCN 23335 RCN 23333 RCN 23336 RCN 23337 RCN 47959 RCN 47954 RCN 47961 RCN 47953 RCN 47952 RCN 47950 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH5006 15 May 1847 - 15 Aug 1929 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 08/05/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8247 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/05/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/73927993 ab0534ea-a9af-4680-8d1d-b7bb33daf694