| Authorised form of name | Pickard-Cambridge; Octavius (1828 - 1917) |
| Other forms of name | Octavius Pickard- |
| Other forms of surname | Cambridge |
| Dates | 1828 - 1917 |
| Date of birth | 03 November 1828 |
| Date of death | 09/03/1917 |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Zoology |
| Activity | Education:
Durham University. BA (1858), MA (1859)
Career:
Ordained (1858); curate of Scarisbrick (1858); Assistant to his father (1860); travelled with a pupil in Egypt and Corfu (1864) and in Palestine, Syria, Greece, Austria and Germany (1865); an authority on Arachnida and left his collection to Oxford University
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1887 |
| Relationships | Son of George Picard, Rector of Bloxworth, who added the name Cambridge on inheriting the estates of his cousin, C O Cambridge; succeeded his father (1868); married Rose Wallace, daughter of Rev James Wallace, Head master of the Grammar School, Sevenoaks |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1919-1920 vol 91 pp xlix-liii signed by E B P |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/36909105 |
| Code | NA6571 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/9/692 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Rev Octavius Pickard Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Society | 29 June 1894 |
| NLB/5/144 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Rev Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Society | 2 April 1891 |
| NLB/11/256 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to A Robertson, Senior Proctor, Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham | 20 May 1895 |
| NLB/42/702 | Copy letter from Unknown Correspondent to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 5 September 1910 |
| NLB/54/267 | Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Professor [Edward Bagnall] Poulton, FRS | 19 March 1917 |
| MC/10/242 | Letter from O P [Octavius Pickard] Cambridge, Bloxworth Rectory, Blandford, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 20 April 1875 |
| EC/1887/14 | Pickard-Cambridge, Octavius: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |