Facts: - residence: penzance - fields: zoology , geology , occupational diseases - death date: 8 may 1863 - workplaces: rcps , rgsc , pnhas - birth date: 14 march 1816 - name: richard quiller couch - nationality: british - birth place: polperro , cornwall - alma mater: guy 's hospital Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard quiller couch .
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richard quiller couch , -lrb- 14 march 1816 -- 8 may 1863 -rrb- , british naturalist , eldest son of jonathan couch , was born at polperro , cornwall , uk on 14 march 1816 .after receiving a medical education under his father and at guy 's hospital , london , where he gained several honours and prizes and obtained the ordinary medical qualifications , he returned to polperro to assist his father , and employed his leisure in careful zoological study .