About Frank Fortescue Laidlaw
Lived 1876 – 1963 (aged 87). Frank Fortescue Laidlaw was a biologist, entomologist, malacologist and zoologist.
Frank Fortescue Laidlaw (1876–1963) was a British biologist, working particularly in the fields of entomology, herpetology, and malacology.
Laidlaw named a number of species of snails, including the land snail genus Colparion Earlier in his career he studied dragonflies, the Odonata, identifying a number of new species, and being himself recorded in names such as Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard, 1921 and Burmagomphus laidlawi Fraser, 1924. He described two new species of snakes: Hebius inas and Kolpophis annandalei.
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Who was Frank Fortescue Laidlaw?
British zoologist
When was Frank Fortescue Laidlaw born?
Frank Fortescue Laidlaw was born on 1 February 1876.
When did Frank Fortescue Laidlaw die?
Frank Fortescue Laidlaw died on 11 December 1963.
What was Frank Fortescue Laidlaw's occupation?
Frank Fortescue Laidlaw was a biologist, entomologist, malacologist and zoologist.
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