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Francis Trevelyan Buckland

English naturalist

Died when: 54 years 2 days (648 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Francis Trevelyan Buckland

Francis Trevelyan Buckland (17 December 1826 – 19 December 1880), better known as Frank Buckland, was an English surgeon, zoologist, popular author and natural historian.

He was born in a noted family of naturalists.After a brief career in medicine he took an interest in fishes and other matters.

He was one of the key members and founders of the acclimatisation society in Britain, an organization that supported the introduction of new plants and animals as food sources which was influenced by his interest in eating and tasting a range of exotic animal meats, a practice which he adopted from his father.


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