Identity:
Edwin Ray Lankester was Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College, London from 1874-1890.
Life:
He was founder of the Marine Biological Association in 1884 and became Vice-President of the Royal Society in 1896.
Bibliography:
Who's Who, 1898, London, 1898; Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, London, 1920 et seq.; Who was who: a cumulated index, 1897-1990, London, 1991.