Portrait of Alfred Newton [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 3794207
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [between 1900 and 1907]
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 8.2 cm.
- Series:
- G.M. Mathews collection of portraits of ornithologists.
- Biography/History:
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Alfred Newton, 1829-1907, the first professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University, was one of the founders of the British Ornithologists Union; and called for urgent work to study the "habits and modes of life" of Australian birds.
- Notes:
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- Inscriptions: "Alfred Newton (ed. of Ibis"--On reverse.
- Title devised by cataloguer from inscription.
- Part of G.M. Mathews collection of portraits of ornithologists.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-150658436
- Related Material:
- Papers of Gregory M. Mathews, 1900-1949; located at; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection MS 1465.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Ornithologists
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the G.M. Mathews collection of portraits of ornithologists.
This collection contains 202 records. - Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1907
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