Edward Lhuyd
✓ Source-basedstableWelsh antiquarian, linguist and scientist (1660-1709)
ScientistsLived 1660 to 1709 · aged 49
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Edward Lhuyd, also known as Edward Lhwyd and by other spellings, was a British scientist, geographer, historian and antiquary. He was the second Keeper of the University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, and published the first catalogue of fossils, the Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia.
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1660 to 1709 · aged 49
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