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Patrick Alfred Buxton 1892–1955

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

V. B. Wigglesworth
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Patrick Alfred Buxton was born in Hyde Park Street, Paddington, on 24 March 1892, and died at his home in Gerrards Cross, Bucks, on 13 December 1955. His father was Alfred Fowell Buxton, a busy banker and one time chairman of the London County Council, his mother was Violet Jex-Blake.

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Parasitology , Volume 47 , Issue 1-2 , June 1957 , pp. 1 - 15
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