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Montgomery, Robert I
Persoon · fl 1863

Secretary of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland
Mundy, George Rodney, Sir
Persoon · 1805-1884

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rodney Mundy was a Royal Nacy officer. As a commander, he persuaded the Dutch to surrender Antwerp during the Belgian Revolution and then acted as a mediator during negotiations between the Dutch and the Belgians to end hostilities. As a captain, he was deployed to the East Indies Station and was asked to keep the Sultan of Brunei in line until the British Government made a final decision on whether to take the island of Labuan. He was then deployed to the seas of Finland where he secured Björkö Sound in operations against Russian during the Crimean War
Nathusius, Wilhelm von
Nathusius, Wilhelm von
Persoon · 1821-1899

Wilhelm Engelhard Nathusius (from 1861 Wilhelm von Nathusius-Königsborn) was a wealthy Prussian land owning agriculturalist, industrialist, animal breeder and agronomist who also contributed to studies in zoology, particularly on the eggs of birds. An English translation of his work on eggshells was published by Cyril Tyler in 1964
Newman, Edward
Newman, Edward
Persoon · 1801-1876

Edward Newman was an English entomologist, botanist and writer. He was a founder member of the Entomological Club. In 1832 he was elected as editor of the club's journal, The Entomological Magazine, and the following year became a Fellow of the Linnean Society and one of the founder members of the Entomological Society of London
Paget, Alfred Henry, Lord
Persoon · 1816-1888

Lord Alfred Henry Paget was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1837 and 1865