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A Colonial Naturalist: Henry Suter's Life of Discovery and Hardship in New Zealand

Pamela Hyde

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Description:Henry Suter is one of the forgotten German-speaking naturalists who made it their life's work to discover and describe New Zealand's flora and fauna. Leaving behind a failed business in Switzerland, Suter came to New Zealand with his wife and seven children in 1887 expecting to find employment in science. Instead he found poverty and despair. He also found an absorbing natural environment and a vibrant scientific community. Suter never managed to secure permanent employment but found short-term work in New Zealand museums and became a prolific trader of items desired by overseas collectors. While he is best known for his outstanding work on molluscs he also discovered new species of plants, lizards and spiders. William Colenso, Frederick Hutton, Thomas Cheeseman, Augustus Hamilton and others who assisted him, despite the difficulties, to make a life and a living in scienceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Colonial Naturalist: Henry Suter's Life of Discovery and Hardship in New Zealand. To get started finding A Colonial Naturalist: Henry Suter's Life of Discovery and Hardship in New Zealand, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 300

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Sphenodon

Release: 2017

ISBN: 0473401681

Description: Henry Suter is one of the forgotten German-speaking naturalists who made it their life's work to discover and describe New Zealand's flora and fauna. Leaving behind a failed business in Switzerland, Suter came to New Zealand with his wife and seven children in 1887 expecting to find employment in science. Instead he found poverty and despair. He also found an absorbing natural environment and a vibrant scientific community. Suter never managed to secure permanent employment but found short-term work in New Zealand museums and became a prolific trader of items desired by overseas collectors. While he is best known for his outstanding work on molluscs he also discovered new species of plants, lizards and spiders. William Colenso, Frederick Hutton, Thomas Cheeseman, Augustus Hamilton and others who assisted him, despite the difficulties, to make a life and a living in scienceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Colonial Naturalist: Henry Suter's Life of Discovery and Hardship in New Zealand. To get started finding A Colonial Naturalist: Henry Suter's Life of Discovery and Hardship in New Zealand, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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A Colonial Naturalist: Henry Suter's Life of Discovery and Hardship in New Zealand

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