Herbert Christopher Robinson

Herbert Christopher Robinson
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Born	1874
Died	1929
Residence	Holmfield, Aigburth, Liverpool and Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Fed. Malay States [1905] Holmfield; and Selangor State Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Fed. Malay States [1911] c/o Lloyd's Bank (Cox's & King's Section), 6 Pall Mall, SW1 [1925] 142 Duke's House, St James's Court, Buckingham Gate, SW1 [1927]
Occupation	entomologist museum work zoologist ornithologist
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1929 deceased elected_AI 1902.11.11

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Proposed by J.L. Myres; seconded by A.C. Haddon, Henry Balfour 1902.10.28

H.C. in 1903 list, Holmfield address, so assume same, and have changed from H.N. in light of information below

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Robinson; Herbert Christopher (1874-1929); Entomologist, Curator

Herbert Christopher Robinson (4 November 1874 – June 1929) was a British zoologist and ornithologist. He is principally known for conceiving and initiating the major ornithological reference The Birds of the Malay Peninsula.
Robinson was born in Liverpool in a large family that included several brokers, barristers and academics. He was educated at Marlborough College, though he was unable to complete his studies there due to bad health. An attempted collecting expedition to New Guinea was again abortive because of illness. He worked at the Liverpool Museum with Dr H. O. Forbes before visiting the Federated Malay States where he later accepted the Directorship of Museums. He was based in Selangor from 1903 to 1926, making a return visit to England in 1920. He retired from the civil service in 1926 and began preparing a comprehensive illustrated account of the birds of the Malay Peninsula. Of this work he produced the first two volumes and much of the manuscript of a third before he died in a nursing home in Oxford early in June 1929.[citation needed] His work was eventually completed in five volumes by others.

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External Publications

The Birds of the Malay Peninsula.

Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901-1902, Parts 1-2 Paperback – 22 Feb 2010
by Nelson Annandale (Author), Herbert Christopher Robinson

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