Biographical entry Spence, Kenneth Kinross (1895 - )
- Born
- 10 September 1895
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist and Physician
Summary
Kenneth Kinross Spence completed a Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) at the University of Sydney in 1920 and set up a medical practise in Clermont in Queensland. He spent much of his free time collecting insects, especially beetles (coleoptera), from his local area and from other parts of Queensland and in Sydney. Many of his specimens are housed at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
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Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Spence Kenneth Kinross', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477197. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 10 October 2006
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