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Brown, George (1835 - 1917) |
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| Anthropologist and Natural history collector | |||
| Born: 7 December 1835 Durham, England. Died: 7 April 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | |||
| George Brown, a Methodist missionary, did much zoological collecting in the South Pacific, in particular Fiji, New Britain and Tonga 1860 to c1900. |
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| Born Durham, England, 7 December 1835. Died Sydney, 7 April 1917. Migrated to New Zealand 1855. Local preacher, missionary to Samoa 1860-74; extensive travel in Australia and New Zealand 1874-75, canvassing support for a mission in New Britain; missionary, New Britain 1877-81; linguistic work for the mission, Sydney from 1881; superintendent, Bourke Street circuit 1884-85; general secretary of missions 1887-1908. Undertook zoological collecting in the South Pacific 1860 to ca 1900. Regular contributor to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. | |
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