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Graham Renshaw

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Dr Graham Renshaw FRSE FZS LRCP (1872–1952) was a 20th century British physician and noted biologist. He was founder and editor of the "Avicultural Magazine" and editor of "Natureland".

Life

He studied Medicine at the University of Manchester graduating MB.

In 1914 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Herbert Bolton, William Evans Hoyle, Robert Kidston and James Hartley Ashworth. He practiced medicine in Manchester and taught Zoology as an extramural subject at the University of Manchester.[1]

He was Vice President of the Manchester Medical Society.[2]

He died on 13 January 1952.

Publications

  • The Avicultural Magazine'
  • Natural History Essays (1909)
  • Bird Life at Manchester Zoo (1920)

References

  1. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. ^ Royal Society of Edinburgh Yearbook 1951/2