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RefNoEC/1887/14
Previous numbersCert XI, 129
LevelItem
TitlePickard-Cambridge, Octavius: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationRector of Bloxworth, Dorset. Distinguished for his acquaintance with Zoology, particularly Arachnology. Has published the following works: - 'A History of British Spiders to 1881,' entitled 'Spiders of Dorset,' with Preface and General Introduction in two vols, pp 1-625, plates 1-6; numerous papers in the Proc Zool Soc of London, especially 'On the Spiders of Palestine and Egypt from 1869 to 1883;' article 'Arachnida' in Encyclop Brit, 1874; articles 'Arachnida' in Zoological Record, 1870-1883; numerous papers 'On Arachnida of various Countries' in Ann Mag Nat Hist, 1860-1883; articles 'On British Spiders' in Trans Linn Soc, 1868-1870; articles 'On British and Exotic Spiders' in Proc Linn Soc, vols x and xi.
ProposersFrom General Knowledge: Henry W Acland; G J Romanes; St G Mivart
From Personal Knowledge: S James A Salter; John Lubbock; Alfred Newton; H T Stainton; R McLachlan; W H Flower; A Gunther; P L Sclater; F D Godman; Osbert Salvin
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Pickard-Cambridge, Octavius: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA6571Pickard-Cambridge; Octavius (1828 - 1917)1828 - 1917
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