Hugh Edwin Strickland
English geologist, ornithologist, naturalist and systematist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugh Edwin Strickland (2 March 1811 – 14 September 1853) was an English geologist, ornithologist, naturalist and systematist. Through the British Association, he proposed a series of rules for the nomenclature of organisms in zoology, known as the Strickland Code, that was a precursor of later codes for nomenclature.
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Hugh Edwin Strickland | |
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Born | (1811-03-02)2 March 1811 Reighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Died | 14 September 1853(1853-09-14) (aged 42) |
Citizenship | Britain |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology Ornithology Natural history Systematics |
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