About John Read le Brockton Tomlin
Lived 1864 – 1954 (aged 90). John Read le Brockton Tomlin was a British entomologist, malacologist and conchologist.
John Read le Brockton Tomlin (15 August 1864 – 24 December 1954) was a British malacologist. He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London and was president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland on two separate occasions.
Tomlin named more than a hundred taxa of gastropod molluscs, including:
The family Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927 The family Columbariidae Tomlin, 1928
He also named some scaphopods and bivalves.
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British malacologist (1864–1954)
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John Read le Brockton Tomlin was born on 15 August 1864 in Nottinghamshire.
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John Read le Brockton Tomlin died on 24 December 1954.
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John Read le Brockton Tomlin was an entomologist, malacologist and conchologist.
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John Read le Brockton Tomlin was British.
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