George Busk

Surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist (1807-1886) · Doctors · Died at 78

George Busk FRS FRAI was a British naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist.

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A life in dates

1886Died10 August 18861885Wollaston MedalAward1878Lyell MedalAward1871Royal MedalAward1807Born12 August 1807

Also in Deutsch

Wollaston Medal1885

Lyell Medal1878

Royal Medal1871

Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellow of the Ethnological Society of London

Fellow of the Linnean Society of London