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Andrew Dickson Murray

British scientist

Died when: 65 years 325 days (790 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Andrew Dickson Murray

Andrew Dickson Murray FRSE FRPSE FLS (19 February 1812, Edinburgh – 10 January 1878, Kensington) was a Scottish lawyer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist.Murray studied insects which caused crop damage, specialising in the Coleoptera.

In botany, he specialised in the Coniferae, in particular the Pacific rim conifer species.He served as president of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh during 1858–59.


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