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May, William Lewis (1861 - 1925) |
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| Born: 18 April 1861 Wanstead, South Australia, Australia. Died: 30 August 1925 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| William Lewis May was trained by his parents as a naturalist and artist and by the 1890s he had accumulated a large collection of shells and conchological knowledge of Tasmania. He published two major books on Tasmanian shells and molluscs as well as numerous papers. |
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