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Francis Maitland Balfour

1851 - 1882

Born

10 November 1851

Edinburgh, Scotland

Died

18 July 1882

In the vicinity of Aiguille Blanche de Peuteret, an Alpine peak near Cormayeur, Switzerland

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
06/06/1878
Fields of Interest
Embryology
Relationships
Son of James Maitland Balfour of Whittinghame, East Lothian, and his wife Lady Blanche Cecil, daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury; younger brother of Arthur James Balfour (FRS 1888); nephew of Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (FRS 1869)