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Ed Ricketts
American marine biologist (1897–1948).
Born May 14th, 1897 in Chicago.
Died May 11th, 1948 at 50 years old in Salinas (railway accident).
Occupations
biologist, ecologist, marine biologist, novelist, philosopher, scientific collector, writer, zoologist
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