Frederick Gymer Parsons
FRCS
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FZS (1863 – 11 March 1943) was a British writer and scientist, specialising in the fields of
anatomy
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and
anthropology
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.
He contributed numerous anatomical articles to the 1911
eleventh edition
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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1863 births
1943 deaths
English anthropologists
English anatomists
English encyclopedists
English science writers
Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Fellows of the Zoological Society of London
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Presidents of the Anatomical Society
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