Joshua Brookes
English anatomist and naturalist
Died aged 71SagittariusUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Biography
Joshua Brookes (24 November 1761 – 10 January 1833) was an English anatomist, surgeon and naturalist. He was a teacher of anatomy in London and developed the Brookesian Museum, a major private collection of anatomical and zoological specimens regarded as second only to that of John Hunter. He was known for his work in comparative osteology, for developing a method of preserving anatomical subjects for lectures and class dissections, and for contributions to zoological nomenclature. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819.
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Awards & honours (2)
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
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- Joshua Brookes's zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
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