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Bennet Birnie Rae FRSE (1906–1998) was a 20th century marine zoologist specialising in the diet of fish.
Early life and career edit
He was born in Aberdeenshire in 1906 into a family of six children, including William Lorimer Rae (1892–1970) the son of Christian and John Rae.
In 1933, he began working for the Fishery Board for Scotland.[1]
He rose to be Assistant Director of the Marine Laboratory at Aberdeen.[2]
Family edit
He married Sophia Hutchison Kennedy around 1935.
Publications edit
- Description of a Giant Squid stranded near Aberdeen (1950)
- The Food of the Megrim (1963)
- The Lemon Sole (1965)
- The Food of Cod in Icelandic Waters (1968)
- The Food of Seals in Scottish Waters (1968)
- The Food of Cormorants and Shags (1969)
- The Food of the Witch (1969)
- The Distribution of Flatfishes in Scottish and Adjacent Water (1971)
- The Cod-Worm Problem in the North Sea (1972)
References edit
- ^ London Gazette 8 September 1933
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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