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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: 18491915 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.) |