1915 - 1986
R. B. Freeman English Biologist
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R. B. Freeman was previously married to Mary Freeman (marine biologist).
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R. B. Freeman is a member of the following lists: Members of the Order of the British Empire, 1915 births and 1986 deaths.
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Details
| First Name |
Richard
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| Middle Name |
Broke
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| Last Name |
Freeman
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| Full Name at Birth |
Richard Broke Freeman
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| Alternative Name |
Richard Broke Freeman
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| Birthday |
1st April, 1915
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| Birthplace |
London, England
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| Died |
1st September, 1986
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| Place of Death |
London, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Nationality |
English
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| Occupation Text |
Zoologist, historian of zoology, bibliographer of natural history and book collector
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| Occupation |
Biologist
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Richard Broke Freeman (1 April 1915 – 1 September 1986) was a zoologist, historian of zoology, bibliographer of natural history and book collector. Known professionally as R. B. Freeman, he compiled comprehensive reference works on Charles Darwin and on P. H. Gosse. He was “a meticulous scholar” and a “brilliant bibliographer” who showed “a genuine modesty about his great erudition.” "It is darkly rumored among antiquarian booksellers that R. B. Freeman once missed a completely unrecorded and absurdly rare 1859 second issue of the first edition of The Origin of Species", a reviewer wrote in the Times Literary Supplement, "but this is also said to be the only mistake he has made during a lifetime of persistent scholarship and imaginative detective work in libraries, bookshops, sale-rooms, the attics of country houses and the trunks of the great-aunts of great men."
