Frank Fortescue Laidlaw

Deceased Person

1876 – 1963

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Who was Frank Fortescue Laidlaw?

Frank Fortescue Laidlaw was a British biologist who chiefly studied molluscs, a malacologist.

He named a number of species of snails, including:

The land snail genus Colparion

Earlier in his career he studied dragonflies, the Odonata, identifying a number of new species, and being himself recorded in names such as Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard, 1921 and Burmagomphus laidlawi Fraser,1924.

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Born
1876
Died
1963

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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