Francis Maitland Balfour
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Background
- Born in
- Edinburgh
- Educated at
- Trinity CollegeHarrow School
- Awards
- 🏆 Royal Medal🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 William Bateson📖 Adam Sedgwick
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1851
Born
Birth1882
Died
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