About William Edward de Winton
Lived 1856 – 1922 (aged 65). William Edward de Winton was a British zoologist and naturalist.
William Edward de Winton (6 September 1856 – 30 August 1922) was a British zoologist. He traveled widely, and discovered a number of previously undescribed cricetid species. His East Africa photo collection, from the late 1890s, is kept at the London Natural History Museum.
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Who was William Edward de Winton?
British zoologist (1856-1922)
When was William Edward de Winton born?
William Edward de Winton was born on 6 September 1856 in Carmarthenshire.
When did William Edward de Winton die?
William Edward de Winton died on 30 August 1922.
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William Edward de Winton was a zoologist and naturalist.
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William Edward de Winton was British.
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