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RefNoLC/1943/26
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TitleWhite, Errol Ivor
Date28 December 1938
DescriptionCertificate of Candidate for Election to the Fellowship
Suspended 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
Lapsed 1943
CitationWhite, Errol Ivor (Richmond). D.Sc. (London) Deputy Keeper of Geology, British Museum (Natural History).
Distinguished for his knowledge of palaeontology and his researches on fossil fishes. Discovered and described for the first time complete specimens of the Devonian fish, 'Pteraspis' , and discussed their bearing on the classification and interpretation of the Ostracoderms (Phil. Trans., 1953). Identified and described the remains of fishes from the Eocene of England and of Nigeria, in a publication of the British Museum (1931) and in 'Bulletins of the Nigerian Gelological Survey ' (1926, 1934), and determined their geological as well as their zoological relations. Also author of other papers on fossil fishes of philosophical importance.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge: Proposer - Arthur Smith Woodward; Seconder - C Tate Regan; C Forster-Cooper; E S Goodrich; Henry woods; Hubert L Hawkins; Martin A C Hinton
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionPaper
AccessStatusOpen
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