Covington, Syms - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry

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Covington, Syms (1813 - 1861)

Natural history artist and Servant

Born: 1813 Bedford, England. Died: 19 February 1861 Pambula, New South Wales, Australia.

Syms Covington worked as a servant to Charles Darwin during his voyage around the world on the Beagle from 1831 to 1836.

Weitzel, Vern, ed., The Journal of Syms Covington: Assistant to Charles Darwin Esq. on the Second Voyage of the HMS Beagle, December 1831 - September 1836, A Bright Sparcs Publication, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/covingto/contents.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 25 August 2006

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