Lankester is an English surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Edwin Lankester
Edwin Lankester FRS, FRMS, MRCS (23 April 1814 – 30 October 1874) was an English surgeon and naturalist who made a major contribution to the control of cholera in London: he was the first public analyst in England.
Life
Edwin Lankester ...
(1814–1874), English surgeon and naturalist
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Ray Lankester
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist.New International Encyclopaedia.
An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was th ...
(1847–1929), British zoologist
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Tim Lankester
Sir Timothy Patrick Lankester, KCB (born 15 April 1942), is a former President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, England, and the first economic private secretary to Margaret Thatcher.
Lankester is the son of Preb. Robin Prior Archibald Lank ...
(born 1942), British civil servant and college president
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Lankester Merrin
Father Lankester Merrin is a fictional title character in the 1971 novel ''The Exorcist'' and one of the main protagonists in its 1973 film adaptation. He figures prominently in several of its prequel and sequel films. In addition to his role as ...
(1890s-1970s), a fictional character in
The Exorcist (novel)
''The Exorcist'' is a 1971 horror novel written by American writer William Peter Blatty and published by Harper & Row. The book details the demonic possession of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a famous actress, and the two pri ...
(1971), and one of the two main protagonists in
the 1973 film adaptation, and several sequel films
See also
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Cape Lankester
Conway Range () is a mountain range in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica, on the west edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
It is south of the Worcester Range.
Location
The Conway Range is in the northeast part of the Cook Mountains.
It lies between Mu ...
, in the Antarctic
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Lankester Botanical Garden, a public garden in Costa Rica
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