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Waite, Edgar Ravenswood (1866 - 1928) |
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| Zoologist and Museum curator | ||
| Born: 5 May 1866 Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Died: 19 January 1928 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. | ||
| Edgar Ravenswood Waite was Zoologist to the Australian Museum, Sydney 1893-1905 and Curator of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand 1906-14. He was then appointed Director of the South Australian Museum 1914-28. He became a world authority on fishes. |
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