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Fisher, Henry
Person · 1905-

Garden Labourer at ZSL London Zoo
Finsch, Friedrich Hermann Otto
Finsch, Friedrich Hermann Otto
Person · 1839-1917

Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch was a German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer. He is known for a two-volume monograph on the parrots of the world which earned him a doctorate. He also wrote on the people of New Guinea and was involved in plans for German colonisation in Southeast Asia. Several species of bird (such as Oenanthe finschii, Alophoixus finschii, Psittacula finschii) are named after him as also the town of Finschhafen in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea and a crater on the moon
Finnigan, J
Person · fl 1945

Special Library Cleaner at ZSL London Zoo
Finn, H
Person · fl 1991
Finn, Frank
Person · 1868-1932

Frank Finn was an English ornithologist. He went on a collecting expedition to East Africa in 1892, and became First Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Museum, Calcutta in 1894, and Deputy Superintendent from 1895 to 1903. He then returned to England, and was editor of the Avicultural Magazine 1909-10.
Finlay, Dr B J
Person · fl 1992

Employed in the Institute of Freshwater Ecology
Finch, Heneage
Person · 1849-1895

Heneage Finch was a British aristocrat and friend of the Prince of Wales. Finch enjoyed many outdoor pursuits, and in his social circle was nicknamed 'Sporting Joe'. The Aylesford Scandal, a British Society scandal of 1876, as well as financial difficulties, led to Finch leaving the United Kingdom to become a cattle rancher in Big Spring, Texas