Edgar Johnson Allen
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Edgar Johnson Allen FRS (6 April 1866 – 7 December 1942) was a British marine biologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
in 1914 and won the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society
in 1926 and the Royal Society's Darwin Medal
in 1936.
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
in 1914 and won the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society
Linnean Medal
The Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or to one of each in the same year...
in 1926 and the Royal Society's Darwin Medal
Darwin Medal
The Darwin Medal is awarded by the Royal Society every alternate year for "work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked, notably in evolution, population biology, organismal biology and biological diversity". First awarded in 1890, it was created in...
in 1936.