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George John Romanes

1848 - 1894

Born

02 or 20 May 1848

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Died

23 May 1894

Oxford, Oxfordshire

Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
12/06/1879
Relationships
Son of [?] Romanes, Professor at University of Kingston, and his wife Isabella Gair, daughter of Robert Smith of Cromarty; married (11 February 1879) Ethel, daughter of Andrew Duncan of Liverpool