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Telfair, Charles
Personne · 1778-1833

Charles Edward Telfair was an Irish botanist and surgeon
Burton, Edward
Personne · fl 1835-1837

Edward Burton was a British Army Surgeon and zoologist. He was also a magistrate for Kent. He described several species of bird, for some of which he is the valid binomial authority. Burton may have been the author of an 1821 paper relating to Pelecanus aquilus Linn. on Ascension Island. He has been identified as the man who in 1835 displayed a specimen of a species of Ratelus at the Zoological Society of London. He has also been identified as the man who in 1836 communicated a description of Pipra squalida, a Himalayan flowerpecker, to the Zoological Society
Buckey, F N
Personne · fl 1830
Cuming, Hugh
Cuming, Hugh
Personne · 1791-1865

Hugh Cuming was an English collector who was interested in natural history, particularly in conchology and botany. He has been described as the 'Prince of Collectors'. Born in England, he spent a number of years in Chile, where he became a successful businessman. He used the money he saved to buy a ship that was specifically built for collecting specimens, and travelled extensively on collecting trips amassing many thousands of specimens. After his death, much of his material was bought by the Natural History Museum. A number of species are named after him
Dictet, F J
Personne · fl 1835