Fleming, JOHN, naturalist, born near Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, in 1785, entered the ministry, was professor of Natural Philosophy at Aberdeen, 1832-43, and filled the chair of Natural Science in the New College, Edinburgh, from 1845 till his death in 1857. His works include the Philosophy of Zoology (2 vols. 1822), a History of British Animals (1828), and Molluscos Animals (1837).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 676
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