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Susan Finnegan
British arachnologist and zoologist (1903–1995)
Died aged 91LibraUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Biography
Susan Finnegan (20 October 1903 – 20 June 1995) was a British zoologist, who specialised in the study of mites and ticks. She was the first woman appointed to a scientific post at the Natural History Museum, London, in 1927, and was the first woman to describe and name a new genus of scorpion, Apistobuthus. Two species of scorpion have been named in her honour. Finnegan was required to resign her post at the Natural History Museum in 1936, in order to marry her fellow museum worker Walter Campbell Smith.
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Family
- Spouse(s)
- Walter Campbell Smith
- Parents
- John Maxwell FinneganSusanna Wilson Dobbin
Quick answers about Susan Finnegan
- How old was Susan Finnegan?
- Susan Finnegan died on June 20, 1995 at the age of 91.
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- Susan Finnegan was born on October 20, 1903.
- Where was Susan Finnegan born?
- Susan Finnegan was born in Belfast.
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- Susan Finnegan's zodiac sign is Libra.
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- Susan Finnegan is a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom.
- What does Susan Finnegan do?
- Susan Finnegan is known as arachnologist, zoologist.
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- According to Wikidata, Susan Finnegan's spouse is or was Walter Campbell Smith.
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