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Born April 6, 1810 • England
Died August 23, 1888 (aged 78) • England
Notable Works “Actinologia Britannica” • “Life” • “Manual of Marine Zoology”
Notable Family Members son Sir Edmund Gosse
Subjects Of Study invertebrate

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