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Geoffrey Fryer, freshwater biologist
Geoffrey Fryer in 1971

Geoffrey Fryer FRS (born, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 6 August 1927) is a British biologist.

Education

Huddersfield College, and University of London.

Personal life

Married Vivienne Hodgson, 1953. One son [1961] and one daughter [1963].

Career

Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Windermere Laboratory, Freshwater Biological Association 1981-1988. Honorary Professor, University of Lancaster since 1988.

Honours

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972. Awarded the Zoological Society of London Frink Medal in 1983 and the Linnean Medal in 1987.

Tribute

Fish named after Fryer:

  • The cichlid Alticorpus geoffreyi Snoeks & Walapa 2004
  • The Lake Malawi cichlid Sciaenochromis fryeri Konings, 1993

See also

  • Category:Taxa named by Geoffrey Fryer
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