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Last Name Saville-Kent
Given Name William
alt. Names W. S.-K. ;
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Year born 1845 in Sidmouth, Devon
Year died 1908
Place of death Bournemouth, Dorset
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Education educated at King's College London
Country of Activity United Kingdom
Worked for W. S. K.: The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, its Products and Potentialities (London 1893) ; A manual of the Infusoria (London 1880-82) ; The naturalist in Australia (London 1897) ;
Patronage Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) ; Inspector of Fisheries in Tasmania 1884-9; for Queensland 1889-92; Comm. in Australia 1892-5
Collaborators printer Riddle & Couchman, London ;
Techniques natural and zoological drawing ;
Sample(s) http://theartroomplant.blogspot.com/2020/07/william-saville-kent.html ;
Archival sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saville-Kent ; http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/saville-kent-william-13185 ;
Published sources Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ## 3609-11 ; Escardó 2022: 26 &165 ;
other W. S.-K. was Inspector of Fisheries in Tasmania 1884-9; commissioner of fisheries for Queensland 1889-92 and commissioner in Australia 1892-5.
Further Places of Activity: Tasmania & Australia.
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