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Ramsay Traquair

Scottish palaeoichthyologist (1840-1912) · Died at 72

Ramsay Heatley Traquair FRSE FRS was a Scottish naturalist and palaeontologist who became a leading expert on fossil fish.

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1912Died22 November 19121907Royal MedalAward1901Lyell MedalAward1898Makdougall Brisbane PrizeAward1881Fellow of the Royal SocietyAwardWollaston FundAward1840Born30 July 1840

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Royal Medal1907
Lyell Medal1901
Makdougall Brisbane Prize1898
Fellow of the Royal Society1881
Wollaston Fund1881
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Lived 1840 to 1912 · aged 72