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Lydekker, Richard.
Adm. pens.
at TRINITY, Apr. 27, 1867.
[Eldest] s. of Gerard Wolfe (1828). B. [July 25], 1849, at Harpenden, Herts.
School, Herts.
(private). Matric. Michs. 1867; B.A. (Nat. Sci. Trip., 1st Class) 1872.
On the staff of the Geological Survey of India, 1874-82.
Keeper of Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural History), 1882-96; subsequently in charge of the Mammalian Exhibition Gallery.
F.R.S., 1894; F.G.S., 1883; F.Z.S., 1880.
Of The Lodge, Harpenden.
J.P. for Herts.
Married, 1882, Lucy Marianne, eldest dau. of the Rev. Canon Owen William Davys, of Wheathampstead.
Author, Geology of Kashmir; Indian Tertiary Vertebrata; A Manual of Palaeontology; The Great and Small Game of Europe; Catalogues of Fossil Mammals, Reptiles and Birds in the British Museum, etc.
Died Apr. 16, 1915.
Brother of the above and of Edgar (1881). (Burke, L.G.; Who was Who; Proc.
Royal Soc.
, B, 89 (1917), iii.)
Richard LYDEKKER
Approx. lifespan: 1849–1915
pens. Trinity College adm1867:04:27
Eldest s. of Gerard Wolfe LYDEKKER (1828)
b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
School Hertfordshire 1849:[07:25] (private)
Matric 1867:10MT:
BA Nat.Sci.Trip., 1st Class 1872
On the staff of the Geological Survey of India 1874-82
Keeper of Palaeontology: British Museum (Natural History) 1882-96
subsequently in charge of the Mammalian Exhibition Gallery.
FRS 1894
F.G.S. 1883
FZS 1880
Of The Lodge, Harpenden, [ Hertfordshire ]
J.P. for: : Hertfordshire m. 1882, Lucy Marianne, eldest dau. of Rev.
Canon: Owen William Davys, of Wheathampstead, [ Hertfordshire ]
Publ.: Geology of Kashmir; Indian Tertiary Vertebrata; A Manual of Palaeontology; The Great and Small Game of Europe ; Catalogues of Fossil Mammals, Reptiles and Birds in British Museum etc.
d. 1915:04:16
brother of the above and of Edgar LYDEKKER (1881)
(Burke, L.G.; Who was Who; Proc. Royal Society, B, 89 (1917), iii.)

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