Edwin Stephen Goodrich (b. Weston-super-Mare, 21 June 1868; d. Oxford, 6 January 1946), was an English zoologist, specialising in comparative anatomy, embryology, paleontology, and evolution. Weston-super-Mare is an English seaside resort town in North Somerset, population 65,000 (1991 estimate). ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of organisms. ... Embryology is the branch of developmental biology that studies embryos and their development. ... A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ... A speculative phylogenetic tree of all living things, based on rRNA gene data, showing the separation of the three domains, bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. ...

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• Dictionary of Scientific Biography - biography by Gavin de Beer