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Sloane, Thomas Gibson (1858 - 1932) |
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| Entomologist and Pastoralist | ||
| Born: 20 April 1858 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. Died: 20 October 1932 Young, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| Thomas Gibson Sloane, the owner-manager of a stud merino flock at Moorilla, was influenced by W. Macleay and became seriously interested in natural history. He published widely and described about 600 new species of insect, mostly Carabidae. |
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