About Emily H. Vokes
Born 1930. Emily H. Vokes is an American paleontologist, zoologist, university teacher, malacologist, curator and geologist.
Emily Hoskins Vokes (born May 21, 1930) is an American malacologist, palaeontologist, and former university professor. She is an authority on the Muricidae, a large and diverse family of predatory sea snails, or marine gastropod mollusks. Vokes worked both on her own and with her husband, geologist Harold Ernest Vokes.
Education and personal life Emily Hoskins was born in Monroe, Louisiana, but the family moved to New Orleans when she was eight.
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Who is Emily H. Vokes?
paleontologist (1930-)
When was Emily H. Vokes born?
Emily H. Vokes was born on 21 May 1930 in Monroe.
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Emily H. Vokes is a paleontologist, zoologist, university teacher, malacologist, curator and geologist.
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Emily H. Vokes is American.
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