Malcolm -
At 00:26 09/02/1998 +1100, you wrote:
>Firstly , I have been doing a little research on my Grandfather Frances
>Erasmus Wilson. He was a well known Birdo around 1910-20s.He was an
>oologist and quite an authority on the Helmeted Honeyeater. I would be
>interested in finding out more information on his work in Ornithology.
>Does anyone have any information?
Francis Erasmus Wilson (1888-1960) was Secretary of the RAOU from 1911 to
1913 and Honorary Entomologist to the National Museum of Victoria. He
contributed a fair amount of stuff to The Emu, mainly on cuckoos and
Helmeted Honeyeaters, between 1910 and 1950. An obituary was published in
the Victorian Naturalist in 1961. The next time you visit Melbourne you can
check it out in our library.
Regards, Hugo.
Hugo Phillipps,
Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison,
Australian Bird Research Centre,
415 Riversdale Road,
Hawthorn East, VIC 3123, Australia.
Tel: (03) 9882 2622. Fax: (03) 9882 2677.
O/s: +61 3 9882 2622. Fax: +61 3 9882 2677.
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Web Homepage: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~birdsaus
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