Person Spencer; Sir; Walter Baldwin (1860 - 1929) Spencer Walter Baldwin Sir 1860 - 1929 British Male Stretford, Lancashire, England 23 June 1860 Hoste Island, off Tierra del Fuego 14/07/1929 19290714 Burial: Magellanes

Biology Anthropology Education: Owens College, Manchester; Exeter College, Oxford. BA (1884); MA (Melbourne) Career: Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford (1886); Professor of Biology, University of Melbourne (1887-1919); began to study Aborigines of Central Australia whilst on expedition (1894); President, Professorial Board (1904-1911); Chief Protector of Aborigines (1912); resigned his Chair and was made Emeritus Professor (1919); went to Tierra del Fuego to investigate Indians at Ushuana, where he became ill and died (1929) Honours: CMG 1904; KCMG 1916 Son of Reuben Spencer; married (1887) Mary Bowman; two daughters Fellow 14/06/1900 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; AE Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1930 vol 106 pp vi-x, plate, by Grafton Elliot Smith References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 23 Jun 1860 - 14 Jul 1929 NA5918 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/27147464 6bf73d8f-561c-4199-9ff9-4fb9b2427c62