Francis Maitland Balfour
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Born January 1, 1851
Died January 1, 1882 (31 years old)
Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Also known as: Francis M. Balfour, Frank M. Balfour
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Biologist from Scotland, brother of the 1. Earl of Balfour; one of the fathers of embryology; died early while mountain climbing.
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A treatise on comparative embryology
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Balfour became professor of animal morphology in 1882 which was the same year he died in a mountaineering accident. This work sums up all the previous knowledge on the subject and includes his own important contributions.
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