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WALTER HEAPE, whose death occurred on Sept. 10, was the son of Benjamin Heape of Manchester, and Mary Heape, daughter of Joshua Heap of Liverpool. Walter was born in London in 1855, and after completing his education at the age of eighteen, entered into business, and was thus occupied until 1879. He was a man of some fortune, and had business interests in different parts of the world, and to these he devoted himself intermittently throughout a great part of his life. But at quite an early age he realised that he had a natural aptitude for scientific pursuits, and coming under the influence of Francis Maitland Balfour, he proceeded to study embryology, a branch of zoology which at that time was undergoing rapid development.
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MARSHALL, F. Walter Heape, F.R.S.. Nature 124, 588–589 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124588a0
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