Bennet Birnie Rae
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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
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.London Gazette 8 September 1933
He rose to be Assistant Director of the Marine Laboratory at Aberdeen.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2018-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
Family
He married Sophia Hutchison Kennedy around 1935.
Publications
- 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)
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Category:Scottish non-fiction writers
Category:20th-century Scottish zoologists
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