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Gibbons, Charles (1841 - 1927) |
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| Born: 20 March 1841 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 13 October 1927. | ||
| Charles Gibbons became interested in entomology at age 65 after watching a fruit-fly-infested peach tree. He subsequently did much collecting of bees and wasps in the Roseville and Hornsby areas, New South Wales, particularly the "Asilidae". |
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