Facts: - residence: great britain - fields: malacology , natural history - influences: robert winckworth , a. e. boycott - death date: 28 february 1983 - awards: fellow h. bloomer award , 1970 ; fellow of the zoological of society of london , stamford raffles award for 1974 the linnean society , 1931 , h. - birth date: 1 october 1902 - name: arthur erskine ellis - citizenship: british - nationality: british - death place: alphington , exeter , england - birth place: banglore , india - alma mater: oxford university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of arthur erskine ellis .
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arthur erskine ellis -lrb- 1902 - 1983 -rrb- , often known as a.e. ellis , was a british scientist , biologist and naturalist .ellis is best-known for his large number of malacological publications , including some which became essential texts on the subject of british non-marine malacology .to a lesser extent , ellis published papers about other land invertebrates and various aspects of the fauna and flora of britain .in addition ellis had five ghost stories published .ellis was also a plant collector .from 1919-1961 he contributed specimens of spermatophytes to a number of different herbariums in britain .stella turk , the british naturalist said about ellis , '' it is difficult to categorise people .should one even try ?we are all multiple in a singular way ! ''; she also commented , '' as might have been expected , he wrote his own obituary in which he gives a broad outline of his life and very lengthy bibliography , -lrb- j. conch .31 1983 -rrb- .