Sir Lazarus Fletcher was a British mineralogist born March 3, 1854, who died January 6, 1921, and who served as Keeper of Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum in London from 1880 to 1909 and as director of the Natural History Museum from 1909 to 1919. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889, was knighted in 1916, and received the Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society in 1912.
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Death PlaceGrange-over-Sands, United Kingdom 2 Notable Work BirthplaceSalford, United Kingdom 2 Field
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Sir Lazarus Fletcher (3 March 1854 – 6 January 1921) was a British geologist.
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Sir Lazarus Fletcher (3 March 1854-6 January 1921) was a British geologist
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Sir Lazarus Fletcher (3 March 1854-6 January 1921) was a British geologist
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Fletcher was Keeper of Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum
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Sir Lazarus Fletcher (3 March 1854-6 January 1921) was a British geologist.
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P20 (place of death): Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom
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P19 (place of birth): Salford, United Kingdom
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P800 (notable work): Meteorite
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