John Fleming (naturalist)

John Fleming
FRSE FRS FSA
Born(1785-01-10)10 January 1785
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Died18 November 1857(1857-11-18) (aged 72)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Academic work
Disciplinetheology
natural history
zoology
geology
InstitutionsUniversity of Aberdeen's King's College
New College

John Fleming FRSE FRS FSA (10 January 1785 – 18 November 1857) was a naturalist, zoologist, geologist, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He named and described several species of mollusc. During his life he tried to reconcile theology with science.

The Fleming Fjord in Greenland was named after him.

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