Edward Alfred Minchin | |
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| Born | 26 February 1866 |
| Died | 30 September 1915 (aged 49) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
| Known for | Porifera Trypanosomes |
| Spouse | Florence Maude Fontain (m. 1903) |
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Edward Alfred Minchin FRS FLS FZS (26 February 1866 – 30 September 1915) was a British zoologist who specialised in the study of sponges and Protozoa.[1] He became Jodrell Chair of Zoology at University College London in 1899, Chair of Protozoology at the University of London in 1906, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1911.[1][2]