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An exquisite legacy : the life and work of New Zealand naturalist G.V. Hudson / George Gibbs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nelson, New Zealand : Potton & Burton, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1988550173
  • 9781988550176
Other title:
  • Life and work of New Zealand naturalist G.V. Hudson
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 595.7092 23
LOC classification:
  • QL31 .H83
Contents:
Formative years in London -- The voyage -- The first 10 years in New Zealand -- Progress with life histories -- People of influence -- George Hudson, the artist -- The Hudson collection -- The books -- Astronomy and daylight saving time -- George Hudson's place in the moth community -- Life beyond the books and collection.
Summary: "George Hudson, 1867-1946, was one of New Zealand's pioneer naturalists, who devoted his life to collecting and describing the New Zealand insect fauna. He amassed what is probably the largest collection of New Zealand insects, now housed at Te Papa ... An Exquisite Legacy is the biography of Hudson, written by his grandson Dr George Gibbs, himself a prominent entomologist. Gibbs outlines the life of this naturalist and artist, whose dedication and output was prodigious"--Inside front cover.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 595.7092 HUD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Issued 06/10/2024 A562992B

Colour illustrations on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formative years in London -- The voyage -- The first 10 years in New Zealand -- Progress with life histories -- People of influence -- George Hudson, the artist -- The Hudson collection -- The books -- Astronomy and daylight saving time -- George Hudson's place in the moth community -- Life beyond the books and collection.

"George Hudson, 1867-1946, was one of New Zealand's pioneer naturalists, who devoted his life to collecting and describing the New Zealand insect fauna. He amassed what is probably the largest collection of New Zealand insects, now housed at Te Papa ... An Exquisite Legacy is the biography of Hudson, written by his grandson Dr George Gibbs, himself a prominent entomologist. Gibbs outlines the life of this naturalist and artist, whose dedication and output was prodigious"--Inside front cover.

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