Frederick William FitzSimons, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrederick William FitzSimons
South AFrican zoologist
Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1870
Date of Death: 25-Mar-1951
Profession: zoologist
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Frederick William FitzSimons
- Frederick William FitzSimons (6 August 1870 Garvagh, Ireland – 25 March 1951 Grahamstown), was an Irish-born South African naturalist, noted as a herpetologist for his research on snakes and their venom, and on the commercial production of anti-venom. FitzSimons emigrated to South Africa in 1881 and was educated in Natal and then returned to Ireland to study medicine and surgery for three years.
- However, he returned to Pietermaritzburg in 1895 without qualifying.
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