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113Rumpf, Georg Eberhard — ▪ naturalist Rumpf also spelled Rumph born 1627, Hanau, Hesse Nassau [now in Germany] died June 13, 1702, Amboina, Dutch East Indies naturalist and author of Herbarium Amboinense (1741–55), an extensive study of the flora of the East… …
114BENNETT, George (1804-1893) — naturalist was born at Plymouth, England, on 31 January 1804. On leaving school he visited Ceylon in 1819, and on his return studied for the medical profession. He obtained the degree of M.R.C.S. in 1828, and later F.R.C.S. After qualifying as a… …
115GILBERT, John (c.1815?-1845) — naturalist. Nothing is known of the early days of Gilbert. From his Australian diary we learn that his birthday was on 14 March but the year is not given. We know that his father, William Gilbert, was alive and still working in 1846; there is… …
116MACLEAY, William Sharp (1792-1865) — naturalist eldest son of Alexander Macleay (q.v.), was born in London on 21 July 1792. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with honours in 1814. He was appointed attaché to the British embassy… …
117BANFIELD, Edmund James (1852-1923) — naturalist and journalist was born at Liverpool, England, on 4 September 1852. He was brought to Australia by his father, who became proprietor of a newspaper at Ararat, Victoria. On this paper Banfield received his first training in journalism.… …
118DIETRICH, Amalie (1821-1891) — naturalist daughter of Gottlieb Nelle, a purse maker, was born at Siebenlehn, Saxony, in 1821. About the year 1848 she married Willhelm Dietrich a member of a well known family of botanists, who trained her as a collector of botanical specimens.… …
119HEDLEY, Charles (1862-1926) — naturalist son of the Rev. Canon T. Hedley, was born at the vicarage, Masham, Yorkshire, on 27 February 1862. On account of delicate health he had only two years at Eastbourne College, but his education was continued by his father, a fellow of… …
120KREFFT, Johann Ludwig Gerard (1830-1881) — naturalist was born at Brunswick, Germany, on 17 February 1830. He was educated in his native town, and as a youth was much interested in art and wished to study painting. He was, however, placed in a mercantile house and about 1850 emigrated to… …