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Letters to R. Gestro

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Contains photocopied material. 4 letters from Thomas Broun to Dr R. Gestro re. exchange of coleoptera.

  • Other Id

    738 (Presto content ID)

    MS-1995-53 (Reference Number)

    M 746 (DBTextworks system ID)

    95/53 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Letters to R. Gestro
  • Primary Maker

     Thomas Broun

  • Date
    1885-1889
  • Physical Description

    1 Folder (4 items)

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Related Object Notes
    Ms 1214
  • Provenance Details
    Location of original: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Giacomo Doria, Genoa, Italy
  • Subject Notes
    Thomas Broun was born and educated in Edinburgh. After service in the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, and later in the Waikato wars, he farmed at Opotiki, and became a teacher with the Auckland Education Board before accepting an appointment as Government Entomologist from 1894 - 1905. His Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera was published in 7 parts between 1880 - 1886.
  • Last Update
    07 Jul 2023
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