Frederick Robert Schram (born August 11, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois

Illinois

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) is an American

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 palaeontologist and carcinologist. He received his B.S.

Bachelor of Science

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 in biology

Biology

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 from Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago

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 in 1965, and a Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 on palaeozoology from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 in 1968 .

He has written over 200 papers on various aspects of crustacean biology

Biology

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, taxonomy

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 and systematics

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, as well as several books, including the standard text Crustacea . In 1983, he founded the journal Crustacean Issues, which he continued to edit for over twenty years. Much of his career has been spent at the Universiteit van Amsterdam

Universiteit van Amsterdam

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, the Netherlands

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, from which he retired in 2005. In July 2005, he became the Editor of the Journal of Crustacean Biology

Journal of Crustacean Biology

The Journal of Crustacean Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of carcinology . It is produced by The Crustacean Society and, since 2005, the editor-in-chief has been Frederick Schram. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2009 impact factor was 0.974....

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