Frederick George Waterhouse
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Frederick George Waterhouse (25 August 1815 - 7 September 1898) was an English naturalist , zoologist and entomologist who made significant contributions to the study of the natural history of Australia.
Waterhouse was born near London and worked with his brother George Robert Waterhouse at the British Museum (Natural History before going to Australia in 1852. In 1860 he became curator of the South Australian Institute Museum, founded in 1856 and opened in 1862. He was a Member of the Zoological Society of London. He joined the John McDouall Stuart Expedition in 1861, returning to Adelaide in 1863 with bird and mammal skins, insects and plants, including specimens of the Princess Alexandra Parrot, Polytelis alexandrae.In 1872, working with Albert Molineaux, he found forty new species of fish which were described by François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau then in Melbourne. He died at Mannahill between Peterborough and Broken Hill.[1]
The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize is named after him.
[edit] References
- ^ Kraehenbuehl, Darrell N. (1976). Waterhouse, Frederick George (1815 - 1898). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Waterhouse, Frederick George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian naturalist and museum curator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 25 August 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Near London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7 September 1898 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Mannahill, South Australia |
