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has gloss | eng: Maurice Burton (28 March 1898 - 9 September 1992) was a British zoologist and popular science author, who produced many natural history encyclopedias and books including a skeptical treatment of the Loch Ness Monster. Life Burton was born in London on 28 March 1898, married Margaret Maclean (d 1990) in 1929 (2 sons and a daughter) and died in Albury, Surrey on 9 September 1992. He was Curator of Sponges at the British Museum of Natural History from 1927 to 1948, and Deputy Keeper of Zoology in the same institution from 1949 to 1958. He also commented further on this topic in the "New Scientist". Many of Burtons books were aimed at a juvenile audience. Some of his later books or revised editions were published with his son, Robert Burton (1946-) also trained as a zoologist and who published many natural history books himself. |
lexicalization | eng: Maurice Burton |
instance of | (noun) a native or resident of London Londoner |
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