Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
South African naturalist (1907ā2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marjorie Eileen Doris Courtenay-Latimer (24 February 1907 ā 17 May 2004) was a South African museum official, who in 1938, brought to the attention of the world the existence of the coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct for 65 million years.
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Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer | |
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Born | Marjorie Eileen Doris Courtenay-Latimer (1907-02-24)24 February 1907 |
Died | 17 May 2004(2004-05-17) (aged 97) East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Known for | The delivery of the Coelacanth |
Awards | Honorary doctorate from Rhodes University[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Natural history, Palaeontology |
Institutions | East London Museum |
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