death_date death_place children birth_place fields birth_date spouse image article_title name
25 march 1951 grahamstown vivian frederick maynard fitzsimons , desmond charles fitzsimons garvaghy , ireland herpetology 06 august 1870 patricia h. russell f.w. _ fitzsimons1919.png frederick william fitzsimons
 frederick william fitzsimons
frederick william fitzsimons

frederick william fitzsimons -lrb- 6 august 1870 garvaghy , ireland -- 25 march 1951 grahamstown -rrb- , was a south african naturalist noted for his research on the country 's snakes and their venom , and the commercial production of anti-venom .
fitzsimons emigrated to south africa in 1881 and was educated in natal and then returned to ireland to study medicine and surgery for three years .
however , he returned to pietermaritzburg in 1895 without qualifying .
