Peter Comrie
| Dr Peter Comrie RN | |||||||
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| Born | 1832 | ||||||
| Died | 1882 | ||||||
| Residence | 36 Gloucester St Bloomsbury | ||||||
| Occupation |
medical armed services | ||||||
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proposed 1876.05.09
staff surgeon
Notes From Elsewhere
Dr Peter Comrie (1832-1882) was a British naval surgeon who collected the holotype [bird] while serving on board HMS Basilisk (1871-1875). He collected widely including fauna, flora and anthropological artifacts. He was tried on five counts before a court-martial for insubordination (1875) and, three being proven, forfeited three years of seniority and was discharged.
Served in HMS Dido visited Solomon Islands
HMS Basilisk in 1874
Dr. Peter Comrie, Staff-Surgeon R.N., exhibited the zoological specimens which he had collected during the survey of the S.E.
coast of New Guinea by H.M.S. ' Basilisk,' and read the following remarks : ...
Royal Navy surgeon, collected natural history
specimens and anthropological data whilst on voyage
to New Guinea in 1874 on HMS Basilisk
Donated a collection of Native American items to the Museum [BM] in 1870. Also donated Oceanic material, in total donated 167 objects. He was surgeon on the Sparrowhawk 1865-8, under Cdr Edwin A Porcher. Was surgeon on the HMS Basilisk, under Captain John Moresby, between 1873 to 1874 on the voyage to New Guinea (Beran page 193 in Craig and Beran eds., 2005, Shields of Melanesia).
Publications
External Publications
Volume 5, 1872, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1872.
Top of Form 1
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2. “On the Stone Period of South Africa,” by Dr. Comrie, of H.M.S. “Dido.” The author gave an account of implements and remains belonging to the stone period...
House Publications
Anthropological notes on New Guinea JAI vol. 6 1877
Related Material Details
RAI Material
Other Material
PRM Polished stone axes from New Guinea, obtained by Dr Comrie, RN. Length 22.7 cm / 9.8 cm width 4.5 cm/ 7 cm. SBYWM:1B3.66 A polished stone axe also obtained by Comrie length 18.5 cm width 8.5 cm. SBYWM:1B3.67 Polished stone axe from Woodlark Island obtained by Comrie. SBYWM:4.397 Weight for digging stick from New Guinea collected by Dr Comrie.
Note that there are items from Comrie in the founding collection but none listed from him in the catalogue of the second collection
BM: Basalt ceremonial club with abalone shell inlay and a hide strap, nineteenth century. Northwest Coast of America. Collected by Dr P Comrie, R.N., at Fort Rupert. 6784.
