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William Elford Leach

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English zoologist and marine biologist (1790/1-1836)

ScientistsLived 1790 to 1836 · aged 46

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William Elford Leach was an English zoologist and marine biologist.

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Libinia emarginata described by Leach in Zoological Miscellany in 1815.

Libinia emarginata described by Leach in Zoological Miscellany in 1815.

Illustration from Adam White's A Popular History of British Crustacea, 1857, showing three genera of crustacea named by Leach as anagrams of Carolina: Cirolana, Conilera and Rocinela

Illustration from Adam White's A Popular History of British Crustacea, 1857, showing three genera of crustacea named by Leach as anagrams of Carolina: Cirolana, Conilera and Rocinela

Awards 1

Fellow of the Royal Society

Scientists born in the 1790s 6

Robert Stirling51.3

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz51.0

Ludwig Reichenbach51.3

Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini51.0

Karl Ernst Claus51.3

Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge50.9

About this person

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Scientists

Type

Scientist

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deceased

Dates

Lived 1790 to 1836 · aged 46

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