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Blackburn, Thomas (1844 - 1912) |
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| Entomologist and Priest | |
| Born: 16 March 1844 Islington, England. Died: 28 May 1912 Woodville, South Australia, Australia. | |
| Thomas Balckburn was a Church of England clergyman. During his residence in Australia he described 3,069 species of Australian Coleoptera. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Islington, England, 16 March 1844. Died Woodville, near Adelaide, 28 May 1912. Educated University of London (BA 1868). Department of the Secretary for Inland Revenue; Church of England; ordained a Deacon by the Bishop of Manchester May 1869 and a Priest May 1870; in charge of the Parish of Greenhithe 1970-76; senior Priest and Chaplain to the Bishop, Honolulu 1876-82; Rector of St Thomas', Port Lincoln, South Australia 1882-86; Rector of St Margaret's, Woodville 1886-1912; Honorary Canon, St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide ca 1906-12. Honorary Curator in Entomology, South Australian Museum for many years. Examined all the beetles taken on the Elder Expedition and the Horn Expedition. He was a systematist and probably every worker at Australian Coleoptera during the last 25 years of his life would have sent him specimens at one time of another. |
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