Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer

South African naturalist

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1907

Place of Birth: East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Date of Death: 17-May-2004

Profession: naturalist, physicist, curator, biologist

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Marjorie Eileen Doris Courtenay-Latimer (24 February 1907 – 17 May 2004) was the South African museum official who in 1938 brought to the attention of the world the existence of the coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct for sixty-five million years.