MARJORIE COURTENAY-LATIMER
Extracts from the Internet
“Courtenay-Latimer will forever be remembered because of the prehistoric fish, named Latimeria chalumnae in her honour, which was discovered in 1938. She was the curator of the [East London] Museum back then and recognised the significance of the find by the captain of the trawler Nerine, Hendrik Goosen.”
The above is but one extract put on their website by the South African Broadcasting Corporation on May 18, 2004.
There are 556 references to Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer on the Internet, ranging from her early life to the latest flood of
obituaries.
As the obituaries are rather repetitive, the following is a list of some of the 30 publications which printed them:
Daily Telegraph, London; May 19, 2004.
The Record, Bergen County, NJ, USA; June 8, 2004 by Elliott Sylvester, Associated Press writer.
Ap Worldstream; Cape Town; June 7, 2004.
Daily Post, Liverpooi, England; May 24, 2004.
The First National Conference of Visitor Attractions, London:
August 11, 2004.
International Society of Cryptozoology; May 18, 2004.
The Times, London, May 20, 2004 (published in this issue of the Coelacanth).
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 6,2004.
Worldandnation, June 13,2004.
Daily Dispatch, East London, South Africa, May 18, May 19 May 26 and May 27, 2004.
The Herald, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, May 21, May 29 and June 4, 2004.
Weekend Post, Port Elizabeth, South Afucu, May 22, 2004.
Sunday Times, Johannesburg, South Aliica, May 23, 2004.
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