ROBERT EDMOND GRANT
\ɹˈɒbət ˈɛdmənd ɡɹˈant], \ɹˈɒbət ˈɛdmənd ɡɹˈant], \ɹ_ˈɒ_b_ə_t ˈɛ_d_m_ə_n_d ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_n_t]\
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A Scotch natural ist; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1793; died in 1874. He was educated in his native city and on the Continent. Upon his return to Edinburgh in 1819 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and began the practice of medicine. In 1827 he was elected professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in University College, London, a position which he occupied for the rest of his life. His chief work is "Outlines of Comparative Anatomy", for many years a favorite. text-book, not only in Great Britain, but on the Continent and in America.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
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