About John Roxborough Norman
Lived 1898 – 1944 (aged 45–46). John Roxborough Norman was a British zoologist and ichthyologist.
John Roxborough Norman (1898 – 26 May 1944) was an English ichthyologist who named many species of fish. He is known for his works A History of Fishes and A Draft Synopsis of the Orders, Families and Genera of Recent Fishes (1957).
Early life John Roxborough Norman was born in 1898.
Career Norman started his employment as a clerk in a bank, aged 16. The fish Physiculus normani Brüss, 1986 The fish Poropanchax normani (Ahl, 1928) The mote sculpin Normanichthys crockeri H. W. Clark, 1937
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Who was John Roxborough Norman?
British zoologist (1898–1944)
When was John Roxborough Norman born?
John Roxborough Norman was born in 1898 in London Borough of Wandsworth.
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John Roxborough Norman died in 1944 in London.
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John Roxborough Norman was a zoologist and ichthyologist.
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John Roxborough Norman was British.
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