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Herbert John Fleure 18771969 was a British zoologist and geographer He was secretary of the Geographical Association editor of Geography and served as president of the Cambrian Archaeological Association 192425 Royal Anthropological Institute 194547 and Geographical Association 194849 He studied at the University of Wales and the Zoological Institute in Switzerland Returning to his alma matter in Wales he served there as a professor until 1930 then at Victoria University in Manchester retiring in 1944 He wrote for magazines contributed to publications about his birthplace of Guernsey and authored biographies of several scientists His book The Peoples of Europe published in 1922 discussed the languages and other factors differentiating the various races of the peoples of Europe