Frederick Schram

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name = Frederick Robert Schram
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birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
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nationality = USA
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field = Palaeontology
Carcinology
work_institution = Universiteit van Amsterdam
Journal of Crustacean Biology
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Frederick Robert Schram (born August 11, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American palaeontologist and carcinologist. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1968.

He wrote over 200 papers on various aspects of crustacean biology, taxonomy and systematics, as well as several books, including the standard text "Crustacea" (ISBN 0-19-503742-1). In 1983, he founded the journal "Crustacean Issues", which he continued to edit for over twenty years. Much of his career was spent at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from which he retired in 2005. In July 2005, he became the Editor of the "Journal of Crustacean Biology" (ISSN: 0278-0372).

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NAME= Schram, Frederick Robert
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=American palaeontologist, carcinologist
DATE OF BIRTH= August 11, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH= Chicago, Illinois
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