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Life Summary [details]

Birth

25 April, 1822
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Death

4 October, 1886 (aged 64)
London, Middlesex, England

Cause of Death

oesophageal stricture

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Passenger Ship

• Augustus (1844)

Occupation

• local government councillor
• local government head
• museum administrator
• natural history artist
• naturalist

Key Events

• Paris Universal Exhibition, 1855

Key Organisations

• Linnean Society (England)
• Zoological Society of London

Key Places

• Bathurst goldfields (NSW)
• Ophir goldfields (NSW)

Workplaces

• Australian Museum (Sydney)
• Angaston Council (SA)