Richard Lydekker
1849–1915
Naturalist and geologist. BA, natural sciences, Cambridge, 1872. Geological Survey of India, 1874–82. Keeper of palaeontology, British Museum of Natural History, 1882–96. Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, 1880; of the Geological Society of London, 1883. Author of works on geology, palaeontology, and zoology. JP for Hertfordshire. FRS 1894.
Source
Alum. Cantab.
Bibliography
Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.


