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Spry, Frank Palmer (1858 - 1922)

Entomologist

Born: 18 June 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 8 August 1922 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Born Melbourne, 18 June 1858. Died Melbourne, 8 August 1922. Stonemason; contractor's foreman, sewerage works round Melbourne; Museum Assistant, National Museum, Melbourne 1904-20, Entomologist 1920-22. Wrote Victorian Butterflies (1893, with E. Anderson). Found many fossils around the Yarra, including Bather's new crinoid and Gregoriura spyri (brittle-star).

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 15 September 2004

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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