Edwin Lankester

(1814-1874)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874 NRA: Lankester, Edwin (1814-1874) Naturalist DNB: Lankester, Edwin (1814–1874), public health reformer and natural historian LBT ID: EdLanke1874 VIAF ID: 45061435 LOC ID: n84198019	B/BAP: 1814-04-23 DIED: 1874-10-30
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Educated at University of London, he was a physician, natural scientist, health reformer, and friend of Charles Dickens and Douglas Jerrold.
REFERENCES TO Edwin Lankester: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XI Found 1: ¶ 6 Chapter XIII Found 1: ¶ 4