Francis Charles Fraser CBE FRS (16 June 1903 – 21 October 1978) was a Scottish zoologist, one of the world's leading authorities on cetacea (whales and dolphins).
He was born at Dingwall, Ross-shire, the son of James Fraser, master saddler and blacksmith, and Barbara Anne Macdonald.
[2] Following a brief period as demonstrator in the department of geology at the University of Glasgow, Fraser worked from 1925-33 as a zoologist for the British government's Discovery Committee,[3] investigating whale stocks around the Falkland Islands.
In 1933 Fraser started as assistant keeper in the department of zoology at the British Museum (Natural History), soon specialising in whale research.
[2] He served as Keeper of Zoology between 1957 and 1964 and was made CBE in 1962 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.