Английская Википедия:Henry Travers (naturalist)

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Infobox person Henry Hammersley Travers (1844 – 16 February 1928) was a New Zealand naturalist, professional collector and taxidermist. He was the son of the politician William Travers.

Born in Hythe, Kent, England, in 1844,[1] and baptised at Cheriton, Kent, on 13 October of that year,[2] Travers was the son of William Thomas Locke Travers and Jane Travers (née Oldham).[3] The family emigrated to New Zealand by the ship Kelso in 1849.[3] Travers was educated at Nelson College from 1856 to 1860.[4]

Specimens collected by Travers are in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[5]

Travers collected some of the last known specimens of Lyall's wren, selling them to the Colonial Museum (now Te Papa), Otago Museum and Walter Rothschild.[6]

Travers died in Wellington on 16 February 1928.[7]

Species

The following species and one genus were named in his honour:[8][9]

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