Person

Boyd, John Archibald (1846 - 1926)

Born
2 February 1846
Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died
29 March 1926
Occupation
Natural history collector

Summary

John Boyd collected specimens for the Australian Museum and William Macleay. He lived in Fiji 1865-1882 and then on a sugar plantation at Ingham, Queensland.

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Born Weymouth, Dorset, England, 2 February 1846. Died 29 March 1926. Arrived Sydney 1857; educated Sydney Grammar School; lived in Fiji 1865-82; sugar plantation, Ingham, Queensland from 1882.

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Archival resources

Macleay Museum, University of Sydney

  • John Archibald Boyd - Records, 1870 - 1891; Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. Details

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Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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