About Lazarus Fletcher
Lived 1854 – 1921 (aged 66). Lazarus Fletcher was a British geologist, keeper of Mineralogy, natural History Museum, mineralogist and naturalist.
Sir Lazarus Fletcher (3 March 1854 – 6 January 1921) was a British geologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889 and won the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1912. Fletcher was knighted in 1916.
Fletcher was Keeper of Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum from 1880 to 1909, and director from 1909 to 1919.
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Who was Lazarus Fletcher?
British geologist (1854–1921)
When was Lazarus Fletcher born?
Lazarus Fletcher was born on 3 March 1854 in Salford.
When did Lazarus Fletcher die?
Lazarus Fletcher died on 6 January 1921 in Grange-over-Sands.
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Lazarus Fletcher was a geologist, keeper of Mineralogy, natural History Museum, mineralogist and naturalist.
What nationality was Lazarus Fletcher?
Lazarus Fletcher was British.
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