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Alfred William Alcock
British physician, naturalist and carcinologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alfred William Alcock CIE FRS (23 June 1859 in Bombay ā 24 March 1933 in Belvedere, Kent) was a British physician, naturalist, and carcinologist.
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Born | 23 June 1859 |
Died | 24 March 1933(1933-03-24) (aged 73) Belvedere, Kent (now London) |
Citizenship | British |
Education | Blackheath Proprietary School, Westminster School, Aberdeen University |
Known for | Describing a wide range of species |
Spouse | Margaret Forbes Cornwall |
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Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society, Order of the Indian Empire, Barclay Medal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal |
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Fields | Medical entomology, herpetology |
Institutions | Calcutta, Darjeeling, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
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