About William Alfred Cunnington
Lived 1877 – 1958 (aged 80–81). William Alfred Cunnington was a British zoologist and carcinologist.
William Alfred Cunnington (1877–1958) was a British naturalist and anthropologist who is mainly known for his work as a zoologist who worked primarily on crustacea. He was a member of an expedition to Lake Tanganyika in 1904-1905 and later took part in an expedition to Bolivia and Paraguay in 1926–1927. He was a demonstrator in zoology at Cambridge University. He has been honoured by having a number of fish species named after him, including the cichlid genus Cunningtonia.
He was honoured by the University of London in 1921 as a Doctor of Science in zoology.
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British naturalist and anthropologist (1877-1958)
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William Alfred Cunnington was born in 1877.
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William Alfred Cunnington died in 1958.
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William Alfred Cunnington was a zoologist and carcinologist.
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