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Sir E. Ray Lankester (1847–1929)
Lankester, Edwin Ray. An English scientist; born in London, May 15, 1847; died in 1929. A graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, he was Linacre professor of human and comparative anatomy at that university, and curator of the museum; and was an authority in biology and physiology. Among his books are: ‘On Fossil Fishes of the Red Sandstone of Great Britain’ (1870); ‘Comparative Longevity’ (1871); ‘On Earth-Worms’; ‘Degeneration, a Chapter in Darwinism’ (1880); ‘The Advancement of Science’ (1890); ‘Zoölogical Papers,’ a collection of his articles in the ‘Encyclopædia Britannica’ (1891); ‘Okapia’ (1902); ‘Extinct Animals’ (1905); ‘Kingdom of Man’ (1907).