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RefNoEC/1886/04
Previous numbersCert XI, 101
LevelItem
TitleColenso, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationAuthor of numerous Memoirs on the Botany & Zoology of New Zealand, & on the history, language, manners, & Customs of its native race, - published in the London Journal of Botany, Tasmanian Journal of Science & Transactions of the New Zealand Institute; Mr Colenso's labours as a Naturalist, Philologist & Ethnologist in New Zealand commenced half a centuary ago and have continued ever since - He was the first to record the discovery of the Dinornis remains & he has contributed largely to a knowledge of the Flora & Fauna of the Islands.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge: W T Thiselton Dyer; George Bentham; Danl Oliver; J G Baker; W S W Vaux; Isaac Bayley Balfour
From Personal Knowledge: Jos D Hooker; James Hector FRS; Julius Von Haast FRS; W L Buller FRS
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Colenso, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA7094Colenso; William (c 1811 - 1899)c 1811 - 1899
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