William Turton
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1762 – 1835
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Who was William Turton?
William Turton was a British naturalist.
Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology. He published several illustrated shell books, and a translation of Gmelin's edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae in 1806.
Turton died at Bideford. His shell collection is now located at the Smithsonian Institution.
The bivalve genus Turtonia was named for him.
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- Born
- May 21, 1762
United Kingdom - Education
- Oriel College, Oxford
- Died
- Dec 28, 1835
Bideford
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on July 23, 2013
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