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Robert Swinhoe


Robert Swinhoe
Swinhoe, Robert.jpg
Born 1836
Died 1877
Residence British Consulate Amoy
Occupation naturalist
administrative
Society Membership
membership ESL, AI Corresponding member
left 1881.04 last listed (but dead in 1877)
elected_ESL 1861.03.19
elected_AI 1861


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Office Notes

House Notes

1858.10.28 presents a Formosan skull

Notes From Elsewhere

Robert Swinhoe FRS (1 September 1836, Calcutta, India – 28 October 1877, London), was an English naturalist who worked as a Consul in Formosa. He discovered many Southeast Asian birds and several, such as Swinhoe's Pheasant, are named after him.

Publications

External Publications

House Publications

Observations on the Aboriginal inhabitants of Formosa, made during a recent circumnavigation of the island
Ethnological notes on Formosa

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