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Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer

Curator of the East London Museum, South Africa, who recognised and preserved the first known living coelacanth specimen in December 1938.

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In South Africa

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  • South Africa

    Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer is located in South Africa.

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  • Coelacanth

    Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer discovered Coelacanth.

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